Commercial Telescope
Most folks on this list build or have built their own telescopes. There are some who use commercial telescopes. I have to admit that I am not as well acquainted with the commercial market as I have been in the past, and that, in fact, I have never owned a commercial telescope. Herein lies the problem. My brother has asked me what commercial telescope he should consider purchasing. I know all of you have a much better idea about commercial scopes than do I, so I thought I'd ask some advice. He is looking to spend around $1k, and will use the scope for general viewing. He has no special requirements such as planetary or double star observing. Portability is a plus, but not absolutely necessary. Automation may be more important than portability, although they may come together in some cases. I'd really like to hear comments from you about your favorites, or good suggestions. Thanks, Brent
If it's a first telescope I would suggest a 10" Newtonian with GOTO capability. On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Brent Watson <brentjwatson@yahoo.com> wrote:
Most folks on this list build or have built their own telescopes. There are some who use commercial telescopes. I have to admit that I am not as well acquainted with the commercial market as I have been in the past, and that, in fact, I have never owned a commercial telescope.
Herein lies the problem. My brother has asked me what commercial telescope he should consider purchasing. I know all of you have a much better idea about commercial scopes than do I, so I thought I'd ask some advice. He is looking to spend around $1k, and will use the scope for general viewing. He has no special requirements such as planetary or double star observing. Portability is a plus, but not absolutely necessary. Automation may be more important than portability, although they may come together in some cases. I'd really like to hear comments from you about your favorites, or good suggestions.
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the 10 Intelliscope from Orion is $779.99. It's a null to not a goto. Product Support<http://www.telescope.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=102113> [image: Advanced] Advanced [image: Close] These scopes provide the best performance but may require more skill to master and appreciate. They have exceptionally fine optics and mechanics. Some are easy to use but are but on the large or heavy side. Some are intended for specialized uses. These scopes will appeal to the more technically inclined. Referring to the manual is highly recommended. Orion SkyQuest XT10i IntelliScope Dobsonian Telescope On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 8:06 PM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Can you get a 10" GoTo Newt for a grand?
On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org>wrote:
If it's a first telescope I would suggest a 10" Newtonian with GOTO capability.
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goto is $1,299 On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 8:06 PM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Can you get a 10" GoTo Newt for a grand?
On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org>wrote:
If it's a first telescope I would suggest a 10" Newtonian with GOTO capability.
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Brett, I have never built a telescope. My interests lies in viewing and showing others the beauties of the heavens. But, you cannot own a go to telescope and not learn something about the position of the various objects we enjoy. I some years ago purchased an used Celestron 8i, mainly because it was something I could lift. I have been very pleased with it. Amazon has the current version, The SE model, for sale at $999.00. For me it's a good combination with size, go to capabilities, affordability, and portability. 73 Sent from my iPad
On Nov 3, 2013, at 6:03 PM, Brent Watson <brentjwatson@yahoo.com> wrote:
My brother has asked me what commercial telescope he should consider purchasing. I know all of you have a much better idea about commercial scopes than do I, so I thought I'd ask some advice. He is looking to spend around $1k, and will use the scope for general viewing. He has no special requirements such as planetary or double star observing. Portability is a plus, but not absolutely necessary. Automation may be more important than portability, although they may come together in some cases. I'd really like to hear comments from you about your favorites, or good suggestions.
Thanks, Brent _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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Brent, I'm not current on commercial offerings either. You're going to get a lot of different answers and will have to depend on your own knowledge to pull a usefull recommendation out of the pile. A lot depends on the user and how deeply they want to get into the care and feeding of a telescope, as well as if they want to learn celestial mechanics at all. Good luck!
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