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Old 29-07-2008, 09:19 PM
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Miaplacidus (Brian)
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G'day Hawk, welcome aboard.

Nearly everyone would advise you to get something else, almost always a dobsonian telescope, which is cheap yet stable, and has enough aperture to allow you to see some galaxies (not really the case with the Nexstar. I consider the Nexstar a good second scope, but perhaps not really optimal as an only scope. And it is pretty limited from the astrophotography point of view, too.)

But how limiting is your praps unfixable injury? Will it prevent you from carrying stuff? Will you mainly observe from home? If not, how big is your car? Do you need to negotiate stairs?

Cheers,

Brian.
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