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Old 18-10-2010, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by dannat View Post
for $400 i think you can do beter than both

i have no assoc with www.astronomyalive but they have a 6" dob on sale at the moment for 300 + change - cheaper than an 8" dobsonian mounted reflector - & a fair bit better than the two celestron scopes mentioned..
the dob mount is much easier for beginners -stay away from cheap EQ mounts unless photography is on your list of things to try- if you try like you would have to upgrade the mounts lsited below anyway

you can whack the 6" ube on a good EQ mount later like an eq5

i did get a secondhand astroalive scope once 12" dob - the included ep;s were actually reasonable - some you get are terrible
they are melb based though -so cost may be a factor
Thanks Dan for your helps, I appreciate and learn a lot from your reply too.

one of the reason why I'm listing those EQ is that I'd like to bring the telescope around with a bag or duffel bag, that is why I didn't look for Dobsonian since i don't have car yet :-)

Cheers,

Albert
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