My new telescope

Hi all,

After a lot of deliberation I have decided to go with a Skywatcher Explorer
130M. I was wondering if anybody had one and if they have bought any
accessories that they would suggest I buy, or let me know their experiences
with this telescope, good or bad.

Cheers

Neil

After a lot of deliberation I have decided to go with a Skywatcher
Explorer
130M. I was wondering if anybody had one

Yes me

and if they have bought any
accessories that they would suggest

Dump the 10mm eyepiece its pants the 25mm is ok, get your self some decent
eyepices.

I buy, or let me know their experiences
with this telescope, good or bad.

You'll soon find that the EQ2 mount and tripod is to weak for the OTA.

I bought a CG5 mount from David Hinds ther're on offer at £129 at the
moment.

Well worth it.

Hope this helps

Damian


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Hi all,

After a lot of deliberation I have decided to go with a Skywatcher
Explorer
130M. I was wondering if anybody had one and if they have bought any
accessories that they would suggest I buy, or let me know their
experiences
with this telescope, good or bad.

Cheers

Neil

On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 23:05:48 GMT, in uk.sci.astronomy , "Neil Watson"
wrote:

I was just wondering why the 10mm eyepiece was so bad?

Eyepieces shipped with scopes tend to be lower quality. The smaller the
eyepiece focal length, the more it magnifies - not only the image, but the
imperfections in both the eyepiece and the scope.

My own 2nd purchase was a good 16mm eyepiece, and this is WAY more useful
than the 10mm supplied with the scope.

Well, I'm looking forward to getting it, should be
here next Tuesday.

Cloud cover 100% from tuesday then.... :-)

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Mark McIntyre
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CLC readme: http://www.ungerhu.com/jxh/clc.welcome.txt

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