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Old 18-06-2011, 11:59 PM
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[QUOTE=Wavytone;733887]Don't waste your money on that scope, it is junk. It is too small to be useful on the planets, and too small for galaxies and deep sky objects.

Not wishing to hijack this thread but I really do have to disagree with the above.

A 4.5" telescope is very useful on planets and is, from a dark site, quite up to catching all of the M-110 and about 2/3 of the H-400.

Certainly an 8" will,, in most cases, show more but there are many objects that the 4.5 will show better.

Brian
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