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Originally Posted by marki
I think for for the money you have to spend the biggest dob you can get would be the best course of action though.
Mark
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Yes Im inclined to agree
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Originally Posted by The Mekon
For the above a refractor is the instrument of choice. I can remember quite a few school star nights where there were plenty of Dobs in attendance. My 5" refractor always had the longest queues. Views of Saturn are a knockout. Sure you wont get an Astro-Physics or Takahashi for $1200. But a refractor is easy to use, and can start you on Astro photography. I reckon 90% of the good amateur photos are taken with refractors these days - the rest with fancy astrographs.
A Vixen FL102S just went for $750 on this sites classified! sure it had no mount but you could pick up a decent mount for $300 - (I may be selling my SPDX soon for not much more.)
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Interesting - I will certainly check them out - Thx