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Originally Posted by MattT
Hi Michael have you got a scope? If not... I said earlier to get a 10" Dob as did some others but if you want an 8" think about getting an optical tube and putting it on an eq5 motor driven mount that can also be manually used.These come up in the classifieds all the time. KG8 knows what its about.
Its really easy to set up a manual eq mount in 1-2 mins and have the the scope tracking objects with motor drive. I have just come in from doing just that... Saturn was very nice before the clouds rolled in, but thats Melbourne! Plus you get the added benefit of learning to use the setting circles just like the old days 
 Matt |
Hi all,
Haven't purchased anything yet. In no enormous rush to do so as plenty of other things are going on just at the moment.
I'm going to stick with the 8-inch manual dob. If I really get into this hobby I'll be happy to upgrade later on to something more fancy (or 2).