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Old February 3rd 17, 01:51 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 4:21:03 PM UTC-8, RichA wrote:
On Tuesday, 31 January 2017 20:28:01 UTC-5, BogeyOne wrote:
Are you "telescoped out?" The symptom of which would be not having had
the urge to get under the night sky with your scope for a long time
(like years), then do something good with the expensive dust gatherer.
Donate it to a school or give it to a young relative. The latter is what
I plan on doing with my mid-sized dobsonian. I have a 21 year old
grandson who will welcome it as soon as I can transport it a hundred
miles up the road to him.


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Hello, goodbye, and everything else in between from me, BogeyOne


Go a public star party. Find someone there really interested without a scope, give it to them.


Many local astronomy clubs have a "loaner" program, where they loan out telescopes to people who think they 'might' be interested in the hobby but don't want to invest too much initially until they know just what type, and what size, of telescope they might want, or if they even want one at all! Donating your unwanted telescope to such an entity would ensure that it got occasionally used, as a teaching instrument.