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Dundee
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I saw two telescopes on Facebook.
One was a 6" dobson with no eyepices and a broken view finder. They wanted $350. The second was a cheap little national geographic thing about 2 inches long lol for $40. But it had a 2pmm a 9mm and a Barlow with it. So I bought it for $40 in the hope that I would win the 6" dobson. Haggled hard on the 6" talked them down from $350 to $260 and made a working scope out of the two.
Funny... I forgot what a pain in the ass a dobson is to line up on anything duller than the moon. Anyway.. I am back into astronomy for $300 au. I am not exactly Mt Palomar but I'm seeing stuff. Once I upgrade IL. Post some pics of what I can.
Wish list is a 12" with a computer drive.
But I'm having fun in the meantime.
One was a 6" dobson with no eyepices and a broken view finder. They wanted $350. The second was a cheap little national geographic thing about 2 inches long lol for $40. But it had a 2pmm a 9mm and a Barlow with it. So I bought it for $40 in the hope that I would win the 6" dobson. Haggled hard on the 6" talked them down from $350 to $260 and made a working scope out of the two.
Funny... I forgot what a pain in the ass a dobson is to line up on anything duller than the moon. Anyway.. I am back into astronomy for $300 au. I am not exactly Mt Palomar but I'm seeing stuff. Once I upgrade IL. Post some pics of what I can.
Wish list is a 12" with a computer drive.
But I'm having fun in the meantime.