Re: Cheapest way to mount an Orion 80ED?
From: Doink (skyman102a_at_aol.com)
Date: 09/02/04
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Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 13:24:48 -0700
Tom, I bought an acceptable Alt/Az mount on Ebay for $30 from a guy that has
sold a lot of them. Meade mounds and they're like new...
Doink
"Tom" <tom@wallyworld.net> wrote in message
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>I am trying to decide between the 80ED (OTA) or the Coronado
> PST for X-mas:-) My only other scope is the Deep Space Hunter
> 10" (which should arrive tommorow or the next day). A small refractor
> would be nice. I'm thinking the PST might be better off as a third or
> fourth scope in the arsenal. What is the cheapest way to effectively
> mount
> the ED for casual observing? I am thinking of a strong alt az mount.
> The ED package looks OK, but the Sky View mount is only half of a
> full eq. mount, and I would want a Telrad for the finder anyways.
> P.S. Why are those TeleVue mounts so damned expensive??
> -Tom
>
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