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| Pat | Oct 25 2012, 10:08 AM Post #1 |
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[url]http://www.amazon.com/Celestron-StarBright-Schmidt-Cassegrain-2800mm-Telescope/ Once all the chores and honey do lists are caught up, and while you are sitting around the patio resting, this will help relieve the strain and aching bones. Or another excuse for this little toy. edit-The link screwed up. Anyway, just go there and do a search.
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| Pat | Oct 25 2012, 10:24 AM Post #2 |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjHi09Fuhy4 try this |
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| ngc1514 | Oct 25 2012, 11:41 AM Post #3 |
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I've owned Celestrons since 1977 and they've been nice instruments. Just be aware that like any initial purchase of technology, it does't end when you walk out of the shop with your new toy. You are just getting started! I have more money in eyepieces than the big scope originally cost. Another grand in broad band and narrow band filters, a dedicated laptop with another $1500 of software and, of course, the Titan pickup truck with camper top and sliding bed to carry the scope and the travel trailer for the creature comforts. And god help you if the astrophotography bug bites. You can buy a new Mercedes for less than the price of a serious astrophotography setup. $13,000 for the mount, $15,000 for the CCD camera, $20,000 for a nice Takahashi short focus, apochromatic refractor. Another laptop with $3000 worth of software , guide scopes, filter wheels with dichroic filters and the list goes on... But it's hard to have as much fun as it is to be apparently hovering 500 miles over the moon and be able to explore a whole new world. Or watch the interplay of Jupiter's and Saturn's moons and I guarantee your first view of the ringed planet will take your breath away. Sounds like fun... Go for it! And if I can answer any questions, please feel free to ask. I've been doing this since I got my first scope in 1958 and have some experience. |
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