Re: Decent beginner's telescope in the £60-100 range?
- From: Clive <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 14:36:03 +0100
On 24 Jul 2005 02:22:00 -0700, "Chris.B" <chris.b@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>660 MAGNIFICATIONS? And it's a CELESTRON so it must be TRUE! I'm
>throwing my 6" refractor away and getting one of those! I can't use
>more than 150 magnifications on the planets most of the time. Hang on
>a MO! MY 6" refractor is a CELESTRON too! So why can't I get 1320
>magnifications then? Let's see.... all I need is a 0.9mm eyepiece and
>I'm well away! I'll see if Herschel Optics of Slough stocks them. ;-)
>
>A poor sense of humour and false advertising are the roots of all evil.
>
>Will somebody please tell me why one can't buy a cheap, simple, altaz
>mounted 3" refractor? The world is awash with equatorially mounted
>garbage with all the crappy, useless, shiny-dangly bits. But you can't
>buy a simple, high quality, 75mm astro refractor on a simple wooden
>tripod and fork for under a 100 quid? Wot's that all about then?
>
>Chris.B
yeah i saw the 660x magnification.. My 8inch cant get near that :)
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