starlooker scopes

Hi


Any observations on the Starlooker Newtonians on sale on ebay at the
moment - someone's got several 4.5 / 6 / 8 inch models which look
good value to this novice eye.

Just wondering if there's a catch. ie states equatorial mount but
doesn't say eq-1 or whatever.

Would be used for planetary and a bit of deep space viewing. I did get
a Skywatcher-80 a while back, but was in such a rush that I bought the
tube without an equatorial mount as they didn't have them in stock at
the time. So I'm looking for an eq mount, and it seems you can get a
scope with an eq mount cheaper in some cases than an eq mount on its
own.


Mark

Originally Posted by Mark Watson

Hi


Any observations on the Starlooker Newtonians on sale on ebay at the
moment - someone's got several 4.5 / 6 / 8 inch models which look
good value to this novice eye.

Just wondering if there's a catch. ie states equatorial mount but
doesn't say eq-1 or whatever.

Would be used for planetary and a bit of deep space viewing. I did get
a Skywatcher-80 a while back, but was in such a rush that I bought the
tube without an equatorial mount as they didn't have them in stock at
the time. So I'm looking for an eq mount, and it seems you can get a
scope with an eq mount cheaper in some cases than an eq mount on its
own.


Mark

Hi Mark. I'm probably a little late responding to your question. I've recently bought an 8" F4 starlooker newt because I wanted a wide field scope. It needs collimating but seems good value for money. I've also bought a secondhand Soligor 8" F4 due to slight overactivity on Ebay. As such I will be selling the mount which is an EQ5. Are you still looking for one?


Regards
Paul