Hi guys,
I recently tried getting into some ameture astronomy having recently moved down to The great southern region of WA - fantastic night sky down here.
I bought myself a Celestron 114 SLT.
On a very cold morning I was examining the telescope mirror and the condensation from my breath showed these pull marks on the mirrors coating.
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After several weeks of waiting Celestron finally came back saying they were marks from cleaning fluid that they apply to the mirror once it has been coated in a protective film. They said there is NO FAULT with the mirror and all there scopes have this.
So they say they are fluid marks! - Looks more like the film coating hasnt applied evenly to me, I cant think that this can be helping my viewing of the night sky.
anyway, I opted for a refund and got a 10% penalty from Ozscopes because according to Celestron there was 'nothing wrong with the scope'.
My questions are:
do you agree with Celeston Tech teams appraisal?.
I am looking for a good beginners scope for around 1.2k AUD
I dont particularly want all the computer starfind guidance stuff as I found that to be a bit of a waste ie. by the time Ive aligned it I couldve pointed the scope to what I was looking for. Should I get another Celestron?
Also looking for a reliable supplier for the scope as I think Ive done my dash with Ozscopes.
Yes I have racheted back my expectations having looked at Saturn through the C 114.
Really looking for a solid beginners scope with no frills
want the best view of the planets I can get of coarse
not interested in looking for minute pin priks of light
wanted to attach some sort of digital camera device to the eye piece and hopefull blow up the shots on a PC..
am I dreaming?
