Need a Telescope?

[jschner]

Hey ChopOMatic,

Hmmm just so happens Gallagher is in town today. Anyway, give you $50 bucks for your Dob. 🙂

 

[EarthToday]

I saw the discovery store mentioned a few times so I just wanted to remind ya to use a coupon there. If you're buying something on the high end the 15% off will work nicely. 🙂

 

[Loote1]

Anyone looking for telescope sources?
Mead Instruments has a page with Vendor links. Can any of you vets recomend
telescopes with decent optical performance & specs.

Vendor links:

Resellers etc.

-Loote

 

[gollum]

What about the 2 telescopes at Link ? Are they any good for the price?

 

[AlanS]

Loote1, you didn't give any idea of what you wanted or how much to spend, so I figured money was no object! Get this one

Gollum, Those are OK prices for Dobs but the construction might be a little flimsy.

 

[io333]

drool

 

[t3chvest]

ok people, what have I been saying? MEADE APOCHROMATIC's are the shizniat! 😎😀

 

[compuser]

ChopOMatic, if you just want visual views and not photographic views of the 'cosmos', since you already have a dob (and I am assuming you have a Meade dob); you could very well just add on the Meade Magellan Computer Controller to your dob. This way you keep the high magnification and resolution of your large 'light bucket', dob and can still automate the pain-in-the-rear task of pointing to an object, all for around $300 😀 (sorry, not upto date with the price on this).

Last I checked, it was a whole kit that you could buy with the controller, motors and the few cables etc. Again, this is only if it a Meade dob. I don't know if this can work (though I think and hope it would) with other/home-made brands. However, I am sure Celestron et al. might also be carrying similar add-ons for their products. Got a 8" Meade dob and having experienced the painstaking task of manuvering the scope for minutes in the freezing cold, I am more than ready for that gizmo! Hope this helps and happy viewing! 😉