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Originally Posted by seeker372011
jowel
the western sydney amateur astronomy group observes from Linden observatory in the Mountains around twice every month
if your money is not burning a hole through your pocket, maybe you should wait for our next observing night, and look through a telescope or five before you spend
narayan
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EXCELLENT point Narayan (hey, he is a club member like me). If you want Jowel, come to Linden next observing night (Sat Aug 7th), and I can show you my collapsible dob and my HEQ5 and BD 200 (same kind of aperture tube you will get on the 8" collapsible/solid) and you can see the view through each. I have the other bits and pieces I mentioned too so you can try before you buy. There is also a club meeting on at UWS Nepean observatory in Kingswood next Wednesday at 7:30pm so if you are interested, you can come along to that and talk to club members and see some scopes in action (I might bring mine along there also)
I will be the VERY tall guy so you wont be able to miss me in the dark -
We are also a friendly bunch of people so it will be a good night to come along
Cheers
Chris