Re: Have refractors hurt the hobby?

From: Chris.B (chris.b_at_mail.dk)
Date: 11/06/04 

Date: 6 Nov 2004 01:47:51 -0800

jonisaacs@aol.com (Jon Isaacs) wrote in message news:<20041105092904.09690.00000066@mb-m20.aol.com>...

>
> Last night I had the 10 incher setup and I spent a couple of hours with it.
> When I put it away I took out the Meade 60-AZ-A and spent another hour just
> looking.
>
> I had a great time.
>
> Jon Isaacs

All excellent stuff except the bit about the binoculars.

I do not believe that binoculars provide *quite enough magnification*
to see what the beginner *really wants to see*. Raising the
magnification to only 30x is much more exciting than 7x or even 10x.
Anything higher in magnification (if the scope will tolerate it) is a
nice bonus. But in reality you don't need anything above 120x to enjoy
the sky for many, many years.

Otherwise your post is a revelation here amongst the dollars-spent
racers.

I personally award Jon Isaacs The s.a.a Member of The Year status.
(Trumpets!)

Now all we need to do is get the manufacturers to improve the
mounting!

Chris.B

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