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Old 13-11-2008, 09:57 PM
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Starkler (Geoff)
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Originally Posted by rayman888 View Post
Hello I'm a nemby.

I have just bought a Celestron powerseeker 127mm x 1000mm newton, short tube and rack-and-pinion eye-piece mechanism..
Definitely sounds like the ubiquitous Jones-Bird scope. These scopes are lemons (search this site for details) and if you can return it, you definitely should.

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Should I just return this telescope and get a GSO/Bintel 8" dob?
I say yes, and forget about photography unless you can muster up 2k minimum for a scope on a decent mount.
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