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Old December 26th 07, 01:08 PM posted to uk.sci.astronomy
Abo
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Bah

My wife informed me yesterday that she'd gone into my local Lidl on the
morning of the 17th to obtain said scope for me for a pressie, but they
were sold out...

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Old December 27th 07, 08:37 PM posted to uk.sci.astronomy
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"Abo" wrote in message
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Bah

My wife informed me yesterday that she'd gone into my local Lidl on the
morning of the 17th to obtain said scope for me for a pressie, but they
were sold out...

--
Abo


Check Aldis as well. One was selling a refractor the other a reflector.
Similar low prices.


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Old December 28th 07, 09:42 AM posted to uk.sci.astronomy
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Beeblebrox wrote:
"Abo" wrote in message
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Bah

My wife informed me yesterday that she'd gone into my local Lidl on the
morning of the 17th to obtain said scope for me for a pressie, but they
were sold out...

--
Abo


Check Aldis as well. One was selling a refractor the other a reflector.
Similar low prices.


Thanks, I'll have a look

--
Abo
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Old January 1st 08, 12:48 AM posted to uk.sci.astronomy
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"Abo" wrote in message
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Beeblebrox wrote:
"Abo" wrote in message
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Bah

My wife informed me yesterday that she'd gone into my local Lidl on the
morning of the 17th to obtain said scope for me for a pressie, but they
were sold out...

--
Abo


Check Aldis as well. One was selling a refractor the other a reflector.
Similar low prices.

Thanks, I'll have a look


They still had one telescope in the Great Bridge lidl this morning.
They had three in the Carters Green lidl yesterday.

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Old January 6th 08, 12:00 AM posted to uk.sci.astronomy
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dennis@home wrote:


"Abo" wrote in message
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Beeblebrox wrote:
"Abo" wrote in message
...
Bah

My wife informed me yesterday that she'd gone into my local Lidl on
the morning of the 17th to obtain said scope for me for a pressie,
but they were sold out...

--
Abo

Check Aldis as well. One was selling a refractor the other a
reflector. Similar low prices.

Thanks, I'll have a look


They still had one telescope in the Great Bridge lidl this morning.
They had three in the Carters Green lidl yesterday.


Are they still on offer? To be honest, I'm probably going to spend a bit
more, there are some 6" Newtonian reflectors on eBay going for about
£120, with an equatorial mount and 6.5mm Plossel eyepiece. With a 1400mm
focal length that'll give me what, x215? Comes with a 25mm one too. I
reckon it being a 6" should be useful, unless it turns out to be a dog
of course... Here's one:

http://snipurl.com/6inscope

So, while I wait for my expenses to come through which will fund it,
what do you think? Buy or avoid?

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Abo
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Old January 7th 08, 03:52 PM posted to uk.sci.astronomy
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On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:00:29 +0000, Abo wrote:

Are they still on offer? To be honest, I'm probably going to spend a bit
more, there are some 6" Newtonian reflectors on eBay going for about
£120, with an equatorial mount and 6.5mm Plossel eyepiece. With a 1400mm
focal length that'll give me what, x215? Comes with a 25mm one too. I
reckon it being a 6" should be useful, unless it turns out to be a dog
of course... Here's one:

http://snipurl.com/6inscope

So, while I wait for my expenses to come through which will fund it,
what do you think? Buy or avoid?


Avoid.

The mount looks to be far too light for the aperture.

The presence of a Sun filter in the package is *very* dangerous: They
must never be used, if you have, or get one, destroy it (safely). No
reputable telecope dealer would dream of including such a hazardous
item in any package, whatever the price.

The focal length of 1400mm means that the faocal ratio is about 9.3 so
it looks like the 'scope has a built in lens in the focusser to extend
it. As these are a bit of a compromise and the fact that it is
constructed in such a way isn't mentioned is a worry.

Anyway, I wouldn't buy from anyone who does not capitalise the Earth's
Moon correctly, never mind the omitted apostrophe.

The standard text of choosing a first 'scope is he

http://www.astunit.com/tutorials/firstscope.htm

In addition, the new Skywatcher auto tracking models are well worth
considering:

http://www.opticalvision.co.uk/astro...king_telecopes

- Mike

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Old January 7th 08, 04:30 PM posted to uk.sci.astronomy
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Mike Murphy wrote:
On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:00:29 +0000, Abo wrote:
Are they still on offer? To be honest, I'm probably going to spend a bit
more, there are some 6" Newtonian reflectors on eBay going for about
£120, with an equatorial mount and 6.5mm Plossel eyepiece. With a 1400mm
focal length that'll give me what, x215? Comes with a 25mm one too. I
reckon it being a 6" should be useful, unless it turns out to be a dog
of course... Here's one:

http://snipurl.com/6inscope

So, while I wait for my expenses to come through which will fund it,
what do you think? Buy or avoid?


Avoid.

The mount looks to be far too light for the aperture.


Good point, they say it's 18kg...

The presence of a Sun filter in the package is *very* dangerous: They
must never be used, if you have, or get one, destroy it (safely). No
reputable telecope dealer would dream of including such a hazardous
item in any package, whatever the price.


Absolutely! I would never go anywhere near the sun with something like
that...

The focal length of 1400mm means that the faocal ratio is about 9.3 so
it looks like the 'scope has a built in lens in the focusser to extend
it. As these are a bit of a compromise and the fact that it is
constructed in such a way isn't mentioned is a worry.

Anyway, I wouldn't buy from anyone who does not capitalise the Earth's
Moon correctly, never mind the omitted apostrophe.

The standard text of choosing a first 'scope is he


Thanks, I'll read up on that when I get a moment

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Abo
 




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