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Despite a life long love of astronomy, wearing out the print on a Sir Patrick Moore astronomy book and visits to Sydney Observatory, except for a REALLY BAD refractor telescope from Kmart when I was 10 - my first telescope was a Saxon 114mm reflector when I turn 40!
I'd long wanted to get one, but various other things kept coming up in life - I wanted to wait til I could afford a good one but it was hard to justify. 18 months ago I got a credit card "rewards points" statement and lo and behold, I could get a telescope. The picture showed some refractor - it looked ok and was basically going to be "free".
I sent away for it, took a month and when it arrived my wife freaked at the huge box that arrived! Turns out it wasn't the scope in the picture!
Since then I've used it mainly for observing the moon and planets, although I'm starting to think about learning more, maybe upgrading etc.
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