Yup, and its raining out right now. On Feb 28, 2015 5:40 PM, dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > So your the one! arrrgggghhhhh > > > In a message dated 2/28/2015 5:15:05 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, > schwim@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > I agree as well. I recently got into all of this about 4 months ago, > around when we started having cloudy nights all the time. I went with a 10" > dob, > and have been amazed at what I've learned about the sky as well as what I > am able to see even under the light dome. > In comparison, I later acquired a c8 OTA and mounted it to an ioptron > zeq25 goto mount. Let me tell you, I can get up and running way faster with > the > dob, and learn way more using it than the goto. The goto is a lot more > work, and you learn more about the equipment than the sky. > > My $2e-02. > > .Greg > > On Feb 28, 2015 4:49 PM, Dan Heim <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I'll second Eric's recommendation. More bang for the buck with a Dob. > > And a 10" is easily manageable. I don't think beginners should get a > > go-to as a way to "learn" astronomy. A Dob & a planisphere works fine. > > First time I saw the satellites of M31 was through a 10" Dob. -Dan Heim > > > On 2/28/2015 4:33 PM, Eric Steinberg wrote: > > > For what it's worth, if they would like to take the time to learn the > sky, a 10" manual dob can be gotten for half the price (one with > tracking/goto for around the same price) that has almost twice the area of > the 8" and > can provide beautiful and satisfying views of a lot more objects. It's a > different kind of experience, and a little more to lug around, though not > all that much more. Might be worth considering... > > > > > > Eric > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stan Gorodenski > > > Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2015 4:18 PM > > > To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Nexstar - Alternative? > > > > > > Thanks Rob and David. I just talked to my friend and he were wondering > if there is another make telescope of similar optical design with the same > features, i.e., goto, of equal optical quality for about the same price. I > am not into this and so the only thing I could think of is the Vixen, but > Vixens seem to be more expensive. > > > Stan > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and > please > > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > > > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > > > > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.