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Old 06-03-2006, 03:05 PM
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ladies and gentlemen!

come one and come all to see the amazing, the outstanding, first ever talking telescope!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Computerised-...QQcmdZViewItem

wonder if it can be programed with personality....

"i'll show you m78 if you go and get me that friggin coffee i asked for 2 hours ago ya fool!!!"

hey, it could happen!
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Old 06-03-2006, 05:09 PM
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talking telescopes hey... if personalities are included I'd like mine to be depressed yet have a brain the size a planet
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Old 06-03-2006, 05:46 PM
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If my telescopes ever started talking back ang giving me grief I would have to give it a damn good thrashing
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Old 06-03-2006, 07:20 PM
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"it finds stars for you"

I can point my scope to any place in the sky and assuming no clouds there will always be stars in the field , how can they go wrong
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Old 07-03-2006, 01:42 AM
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Hi All,

Its got 525x magnification,with a whopping great 3" mirror too.

Regards.
John
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Old 07-03-2006, 08:35 AM
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FWIW the LX series, when controlled with the Autostar software via PC, will annunciate tours, sounds kinda wierd especially some of the pronunciations.
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Old 07-03-2006, 09:58 AM
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Amazing how sharp they can photograph Saturn and the moon so many Km away and yet the shot of the handcontroller is out of focus!
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Old 07-03-2006, 09:28 PM
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Its got 525x magnification,with a whopping great 3" mirror too.
Strewth, must be better than my 300mm Dob. We all know the one with the highest magnification wins
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