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Hey waveland, thanks for taking the time to join up!
I'm glad the dept store refractor didn't ruin your astronomy interest.. It's sad to think how many budding astronomers were turned away from the hobby during Mars opposition last year, after emptying the stores out of all of the cheap scopes.
I did buy a cheap 60mm refractor myself, a 2nd-hand one off ebay, as an experiment. I knew it was going to be bad, and just wanted to see how bad.. It was as bad as I expected, especially the 4mm eyepiece that comes with it. I mean what a waste of space that was. You could look at the sun through it and barely get a sniff of light coming through
I was sort of surprised that I was able to see Saturn's rings through it though.. after seeing that for the first time (this was before getting my 10"), it made the $40 purchase worthwhile
Glad to see you join up and post! Thanks heaps and hope to see you posting some more!