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Originally Posted by kaotic
Hi there,
I am looking at buying my first telescope (dont know much at all about telescopes at the moment) and I was just wondering is an 8" Collapsible DOB good for galaxies, nebulae and stars?
I am wanting to view more deep space objects rather than planets and moon.
Thanks in advance!
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That's what I thought when I got my DOB. Then I actually went looking for deep space objects from the driveway and Magnitude 5-6 is almost invisible even with the scope!
It took me a while to Find 47-Tucana the other night and when I did it was quite faint most unspectacular with the 8"
Thus I became a planetary observer and obsessed with drawing them!
IF you're in the country you can become a comet hunter or scan all the galaxies every night looking for a bright spot and find a supernova!
