Re: Recommend Coulter?

From: Howard Lester (hlester_at_mmto.org)
Date: 11/03/04 

Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 07:59:19 -0700

"Doink" wrote

> I want to see a bit deeper and have something worth using...and, if the
> workings are decent, I could do some upgrades...

You might luck out with the optics; if not, getting decent replacement
optics will more than double that price, so keep that in mind. (Then again,
does anyone make 13.1" mirrors?) If all you need it for is *low* power deep
sky, it could be fine.

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