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Advice on telescope purchase
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"ChrisH" wrote in message Looking for a used scope is a good way to go, if you later find interest wanes you can sell it again for little financial loss. Also, you will get a telescope you could not otherwise afford. An 8" reflector will keep you interested for many years with what it can show you, that is what I would aim for. The new price for such an instrument would be around £500, and expect to pay about 2/3 that price for a used one (depends on what extras are included). ChrisH UK Astro Ads: http://www.UKAstroAds.co.uk Where should I look for a used scope? Is there a website where people advertise, or an astronomy magazine that has them in, or should I check out eBay? Larry Chris is too modest to mention it but you might try the link at the bottom of his post Cheers Martin -------------- Martin Frey N 51 02 E 0 47 -------------- |
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"Larry" wrote in message ... Hi I am interested in Astronomy, and would like to purchace a telescope - at the moment I only have a 'toy' one, which doesn't provide very good viewing. Do you think that this is a good telecope: 660x maximum magnification - optimum usage up to 200x. 60mm objective diameter. 800mm focal length. Interchangeable 1.25in eyepieces. H25mm/28x, H12.5mm/64x and SR4mm/200x, 6x 24mm finderscope, 3.3x barlow lens. Full length aluminium tripod with Alt Azimuth mount. Micro altitude control. Precise rack and pinion focusing. 1.25in diagonal mirror. Accessory tray. Moon filter. Solar projection screen. It costs £80 from argos (http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/st...ay?storeId=100 01&langId=-1&catalogId=1001&productId=64081) I am on a fairly limited budget, so I am happy with the price, but do you think it's worth it? (it is also avaliable from Amazon, but it is more expensive and less convinent) Thanks, Larry Hi Larry, My advice FWIW is to find your local Astro Society and have a look through a few scopes for free so you get an idea of which can do what. Then see if you can get someone to help you look for something second hand. I recently picked up a as a second scope a wide field 80mm refractor on a small driven equatorial mount for £90 second hand. It would make a great beginners telescope in my opinion. Miles better than the 60mm toy refractors and a ready market when you want to move on. Robin |
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That sounds good (cheap supermarkets can have suprisingly good deals, I got
my computer from Aldi, and its a great machine for the cost), how ofter do they come along? My 'local' Lidl is quite far away, so I want be able to check, do they have a website that could tell me when they're in stock? Alternatily, I was looking at the TAL 1, listed on http://www.astunit.com/tutorials/firstscope.htm, or maybe the motorised version (do you think its worth the extra money). It was on Becon Hill Telecopes as a special offer for £160, or £200 for the motorised, but the site seems a little out of date so I'll have to contact them to check Larry (btw, I just want to thank all you guys for helping out a newbie) "Jim Easterbrook" wrote in message .uk... Larry wrote: I am on a fairly limited budget, so I am happy with the price, but do you think it's worth it? (it is also avaliable from Amazon, but it is more expensive and less convinent) If you can wait, then every so often the Lidl supermarket chain offers a 70mm refractor for £79. You don't get so many accessories, but they are a bit better (e.g. you get 2 Kellner eyepieces instead of 3 lesser types and an equatorial mount instead of an alt-az). It's still not a brilliant scope, but it will show Saturn's rings and Jupiter's moons. How do you feel about buying second hand? Ebay has a mix of complete crap and good bargains. I think I've done well buying new via ebay from dealers in the USA and Europe. UKAstroAds is another good source, although it tends towards the high end stuff. If you do decide to save up and spend more you'll start being faced with choices about type of scope and mount. Ask here and you'll get more opinions than you need. (-: -- Jim Easterbrook http://www.easter.mersinet.co.uk/ N51.36 E0.25 |
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"Larry" wrote in message ... Hi I am interested in Astronomy, and would like to purchace a telescope - at the moment I only have a 'toy' one, which doesn't provide very good viewing. Do you think that this is a good telecope: 660x maximum magnification - optimum usage up to 200x. 60mm objective diameter. 800mm focal length. Interchangeable 1.25in eyepieces. H25mm/28x, H12.5mm/64x and SR4mm/200x, 6x 24mm finderscope, 3.3x barlow lens. Full length aluminium tripod with Alt Azimuth mount. Micro altitude control. Precise rack and pinion focusing. 1.25in diagonal mirror. Accessory tray. Moon filter. Solar projection screen. It costs £80 from argos (http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/st...ay?storeId=100 01&langId=-1&catalogId=1001&productId=64081) I am on a fairly limited budget, so I am happy with the price, but do you think it's worth it? (it is also avaliable from Amazon, but it is more expensive and less convinent) Thanks, Larry For your after xmas budget i would reccomend (every one knows what coming) a tal100. I bought one for £225 from whide screen center and i dont think you will get a better (new) scope for the beer vouchers. Rob -- ________________________ http://robert.thegeakes.co.uk/ 51:21N 01:02E |
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Advice on telescope purchase
Larry wrote:
That sounds good (cheap supermarkets can have suprisingly good deals, I got my computer from Aldi, and its a great machine for the cost), how ofter do they come along? My 'local' Lidl is quite far away, so I want be able to check, do they have a website that could tell me when they're in stock? I don't know the periodicity - I saw the offer in January this year and went for it. I take a look at http://www.lidl.co.uk every week to see what's coming. -- Jim Easterbrook http://www.easter.mersinet.co.uk/ N51.36 E0.25 |
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