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Nexstar 114GT
Was thinking of buying one of these as I'm a bit of a novice. Is this a good
scope to start off with? TIA Redman |
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On Sat, 15 May 2004 19:09:39 +0100, "Redman"
wrote: Was thinking of buying one of these as I'm a bit of a novice. Is this a good scope to start off with? I've got one of these and I'm very happy with it. It's portable and quick to set up. Quality seems to be a bit variable. The first two I bought didn't *go to* very well at all. The third one is absolutely fine. Some of the tripod materials are a bit flimsy but at the price you can't complain. For more info have a look at http://www.scopereviews.com/page1u.html How much are you looking at paying for one? They have been pretty heavily discounted in recent weeks. |
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I've had one of these for about 4 Years and am still quite happy with it for
casual observing. It does have a few nuances, ie when setting up up in the Southern Hemisphere for Cape Town it attempts to look for Polaris as a guide star and appears to set itself up for the the Northern Hemisphere. Methinks some programmer needs a geography lesson. Where Meade will assume you're in the same location for each use, Celestron forgets the previous location and forces you through a few additional menu options and entries with each use. Its easy to insert the tube assembly into the mounting the wrong way around, make sure that the writing on the tube and the small logo on the mount run in the same direction and you'll be OK. It will also readily slew to objects that are below the horizon and lose alignment when the Tube collides with the mounting as a result. The scope had a few connector issues last year, I opened it up and hard-wired the connectors and its working fine again. The red dot finderscope is great to use but is easily left switched on and leaves you with a flat lithium battery. Ditch the AA battery supply unit, you'll be keeping Duracell in business if you continue to use it. Be carefull to ensure that the replacement battery and connector are the correct polarity before using an alternative source through. I use a 12V 1.2Ah lead acid battery and can use for several evenings before the need to recharge. The cost of the additional bells and whistles on the nexstar could have afforded larger aperture but I was pleased to trade the aperture for convenience in this instance. In all its a great little scope, very portable and easy to use. Good luck with your choice. Chris "Redman" wrote in message ... Was thinking of buying one of these as I'm a bit of a novice. Is this a good scope to start off with? TIA Redman |
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In message , Redman
writes Was thinking of buying one of these as I'm a bit of a novice. Is this a good scope to start off with? I've been quite fascinated to see several of these on (UK) ebay starting of at 0.01p. Can these be genuine or are they likely to be counterfeit? -- Neale Hind Insanity is hereditary, you get it from your children |
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"Neale D. Hind" wrote in message ... In message , Redman writes Was thinking of buying one of these as I'm a bit of a novice. Is this a good scope to start off with? I've been quite fascinated to see several of these on (UK) ebay starting of at 0.01p. Can these be genuine or are they likely to be counterfeit? -- Neale Hind Insanity is hereditary, you get it from your children Often just a stating price. Check the sellers history before buying something off Ebay. personally, I've bought loads of stuff and never had my fingers burnt. In fact the standard of service is usually very very good from folks. But check first. Some stuff that looks cheap is often shown VAT free (and if sent from overseas will often attract import duty) Martin |
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"Martin" wrote in message
... Some stuff that looks cheap is often shown VAT free (and if sent from overseas will often attract import duty) Do you know how much that can be? I was looking at ordering a scope from the US??? Thanks Dre |
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Dre wrote:
Do you know how much that can be? See section E 10 of the FAQ: http://astunit.com/faq/uksciastrofaq.htm Best, Stephen Remove footfrommouth to reply -- + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Stephen Tonkin | ATM Resources; Astro-Tutorials; Astro Books + + (N51.162 E0.995) | http://astunit.com + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + |
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