celestron 10inch star hopper

[badabing82]

Hi All,

So after being scopeless for a good 6 months after i sold my 6inch jaegers refector on this very site after many years of non use,

i am on the hunt for a cheapy as i am thinking to get involved again lol and looking to see if i want to major a more major commitment.

a 10inch star hopper dob with little to no use is on ebay for a decent price that i am looking at,

has any got experiance with these are they good optically?

i have a mix of interest between planetary (primary) and deep space so i feel it may be a good mix in the interm till i am willing to commit to a eq mounted refractor / newt when the time comes.

if worse comes to worse i wouldn;t have blown that much money and if i get the bug again it's happy days lol

whats everyone think?

[andrew2008]

Not sure how long it's been since these were sold but it looks like the Skywatcher solid tube dobs which IMHO were very good. $300 is prob an ok price but you'd be better off picking something up from IIS Classifieds if it got close to the $600 mark. I've seen plenty of newer dobs go for that or cheaper on these forums.