Wild purchasing idea

From: Tom (tom_at_wallyworld.net)
Date: 08/22/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 19:55:41 -0700

I went to a telescope shop today in Tucson, and the Orion 80ED caught my
eye. This was the whole rig, accessories, and a "Sky View" mount. Street
price.
(I wonder how those guys stay in business?) Anyways, he also had a Vixen
GEM mount with tri-pod for 800. The gizmo to make this thing track is sold
seperately at $400, and that can wait. I wish I could remember the model...
GP or GM? At home I have a "Celestron" Powerseeker 114 Newt, on a
really shaky tripod. I was thinking that I could buy the 80ED rig AND the
Vixen,
put the 80ED package on the Vixen, and put the Newt on the SkyView. The
key is weather or not the Newts rings would fit onto the SkyView.

As for the 80ED. I have heard good things, but I have also heard about
collimation
problems, and trickyness in collimating. Is this a concern that should
steer me away
from this scope? Any experience with it? -Thanks, Tom

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