First scope Urgent advice needed.

Any views on the seben 6" reflector they seem to be selling well on E-Bay.
Should I buy one? or go for a smaller $" celestron.
Thanks in advace.

John.UK

Any views on the seben 6" reflector they seem to be selling well on E-Bay.
Should I buy one? or go for a smaller $" celestron.
Thanks in advace.

John.UK

Keep your money in your pocket. Find your local astronomy club and go on a few
outings with them, see whats up, see what a good scope can do.

Ebay 6 inchers = unacceptable quality.

jon

Don't buy anything off ebay, really. You can buy an 6" or 8" dobsonian
reflector from Orion, Celestron or Hardin Optical. All are good, you'll
get a warranty, good service and help and much better quality.
--

Clear Skies,

Chuck

"John Morris" wrote in message
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Any views on the seben 6" reflector they seem to be selling well on
E-Bay.
Should I buy one? or go for a smaller $" celestron.
Thanks in advace.

John.UK

"John Morris" wrote in message
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Any views on the seben 6" reflector they seem to be selling well on
E-Bay.
Should I buy one? or go for a smaller $" celestron.
Thanks in advace.

These ebay scopes are an outstanding value when it comes to wasting money.
They are guaranteed to give you next to nothing for your purchase price.

Seriously, ignore them. If you were buying tools to work on your car and you
saw a set of soft plastic wrenches for a good price on ebay, you wouldn't
buy them no matter how good the price was. These scopes have the same value
for astronomy as soft toy wrenches do for doing real work.

Visit http://skyandtelescope.com/resources/organizations/ and you can find a
local astro club. Go to one of their public nights. You'll get to look
through a bunch of scopes. You'll learn what you like and don't like. And
you are very likely to find a great deal from someone who wants to upgrade.

Clear Skies

Chuck Taylor
Do you observe the moon?
Try http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/
And the Lunar Picture of the Day http://www.lpod.org/
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John.UK

Chuck:

You need to work on expressing your true feeling a little better!!

These ebay scopes are an outstanding value when it comes to wasting money.
They are guaranteed to give you next to nothing for your purchase price.

I agree 100% though.

Francis ;-) Marion

"John Morris" wrote in message .net...
Any views on the seben 6" reflector they seem to be selling well on E-Bay.
Should I buy one? or go for a smaller $" celestron.
Thanks in advace.

If you have to ask, the answer is a firm, unconditional,
unqualified NO.

Go to a star party. Visit a telescope store and see what
real telescopes look like.

The 6" f/10 scope is actually an f/5 (look at the length
of the tube) with a Barlow in the focuser. Avoid.

Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..."
ICBM: 49 16.05 N 122 56.92 W - Hospital/Shafte

Ebay 6 inchers = unacceptable quality.

Hi:

And that is being CHARITABLE! These silly scopes are pretty much useless for
astronomy. They do make OK boat anchors... ;-)


Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
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Thanks folks for your help,another final question for now.
What do any of you know about Helios 8" reflector scopes ?.
John From Bristol UK.
"John Morris" wrote in message
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Any views on the seben 6" reflector they seem to be selling well on
E-Bay.
Should I buy one? or go for a smaller $" celestron.
Thanks in advace.

John.UK

"John Morris" wrote in message news:...
Thanks folks for your help,another final question for now.
What do any of you know about Helios 8" reflector scopes ?.
John From Bristol UK.
"

Home to me is a Meade 4500 (8 years) and LX10 (6 years).
Couldn't talk a neighbor out of one of those eBay 6'ers.....
Dam thing outperforms the 4500, but not (of course) the LX10,
and yes the 4500 is aligned g, even has a new primary.
Guess they're not ALL bad for $130 inc s/h.


On 17 May 2004 21:47:57 GMT, (Rod Mollise) wrote:


Ebay 6 inchers = unacceptable quality.

Hi:

And that is being CHARITABLE! These silly scopes are pretty much useless for
astronomy. They do make OK boat anchors... ;-)


Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
Like SCTs and MCTs?
Check-out sct-user, the mailing list for CAT fanciers!
Goto http://members.aol.com/RMOLLISE/index.html