I had a look through one of these, then through a 8" reflector in a
Dobsonian moount. Realising that I was going to do virtually no astro
photography, I thought the 8" dob was the better option for less money.
About 4 times more light.
And if I wanted to to astro photos, I'd elevate the dob mount to my latitude
and then get a clock drive. This becomes an equatorial.
Fxoy
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> jowilcox wrote:
> >
> > I buzzed through the archives for info about telescopes and adapters for
OM
> > bodies and got lots of great info from OM list titans Paul Schings and
Chuck
> > Norcutt. Thanks guys (well after the fact).
> >
> > I'm not likely to become an astronomer. I'm not likely to use a
telescope to
> > photograph anything, but we were thinking about a telescope as a "family
> > holiday gift," and it is possible that my son may conceive an interest
in
> > nocturnal sky lore and want to try to photograph something someday.
> >
> > Or maybe not. Hence my caution about a large investment.
> >
> > Are the various Meade brand scopes one sees at Walmart etc. OK? Are
they good
> > enough to encourage (rather than discourage) interest? Are they worth
getting
> > adapters for at least for starters if the boy wants to try a shot of the
moon,
> > etc.?
> >
> > Joel W.
> >
> Meade are a quality brand of telescope. I wouldn't mind one myself but
> it's a fair way down my long list of things to spend frivolously on -
> more OM gear first! I suspect that if you don't want to get into
> astronomy in a big way but do want to get a quality instrument, an
> ETX-90 might be your thing. It's very compact, but comes with rave
> reviews. I've never used one, but I know people who own them and they
> love it. Check out http://www.weasner.com/etx/menu.html for a lot more
> information. You'll be an astroholic before you know it.
>
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