yea Rod that is exactly the same scope , right down to the EQ2 mount , which was sadly trashed in this one
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Maybe one weekend during this wet season comming up I will totaly strip it and have a go at making it usable .
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Good li'l mounts , but a bit small for the 4 1/2inch by 900mm Tasco 11T's . Shame a great scope otherwise .
Brian.
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Originally Posted by Rod771
Hi all
I received my "Third" telescope today, (definitely my first serious scope, I would say) Couldn't wait to get it home and start to open boxes etc.
I got my first scope when I was 8 years old, the Tasco 40mm refractor, I was so excited just to see the moon  . In 1988 I received my Tasco 11T-R Newt for Christmas. Again I just looked at the moon as I never polar aligned it at all all those years ago.
Earlier this year I got it back out of the box, did my research, got it roughly aligned and started looking. I saw the rings of saturn  wow! Even with the crappy one inch eyepieces, the telescope shop man said were good fishing sinkers, I was so excited with what I was seeing.
With my love of astronomy rekindled, and again, after six months of study and research, I ordered my new scope. (Watch the clouds roll in!!!)
Camera is next on the list.....I may have to cancel Christmas |