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Originally Posted by jninness
Hi all,
I live in Stroud NSW, and I heard about this site from the shop where I was looking at buying a telescope. Everyone here seems really pro dobsonian. What exactly is that and how does it differ from a regular reflector telescope? Also, I know this is a silly question (but what he hell I'm new to this) but does the dobsonian 8" in saxon have some kind of tripod to go up or down cause from the pic in their website it's very confusing????
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Dob's are really popular for 2 main reasons;
1, For their size they are inexpensive, you get a lot of 'scope for ya money.
2, They are very easy to use.
Dobs dont have a tripod as such they are mounted similar to how a canon is.