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Old 18-01-2010, 06:46 PM
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jadeia (Adam)
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Just bought a 254mm/10" Dob last week and have had a blast learning how to use it.

Construction of the mount was pretty straight forward, took me around 20 mins.

I also bought a barlow lens with it, and having never used a scope before, waited patiently for some time after nightfall and then opened it up.

Very impressed with the results, though the seeing conditions were not great, and no moon in sight at the moment, I was able to find Mars pretty quickly.

Looking forward to learning how to view Nebulae and other objects - and also for taking a close look at the moon for the first time when it comes back.

My Dob cost me around $1000 with everything included - would highly recommend it for a beginner.
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