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Originally Posted by kitsuna
That little tidbit is quite useful casstony. I've been looking at andrewscom as my source because from what I've seen, in almost all cases, they sell the same thing cheaper (sometimes massively so) than other sites I've checked.
Although I did know that Celestron and Skywatcher are both owned by Synta, I didn't know that the 120 celestron had a twin in the Skywatcher range (or that they had body doubles for many scopes)... veeerrry interesting.
I've also just checked, the one you're referring to is on the GOTO mount. They've got the same EQ5 mount without GOTO for $900 including shipping. hmm...
Thanks to Astroron for your input as well. I'm not surprised that so many are suggesting a dob. Only option is to get my eye over a few in person to see what can be seen, as ultimately, that's the acid test. Who knows? I might even change my mind and go for a dob.
It'd have to be pretty special to get my mind off the BD 120 APO or the lx90 though.  |
Hi Adam, 5" is still only 5"
when you have looked at an object in a scope with over 4x the light gathering capacity of your 5" scope there is no comparison
Cheers