Re: Help me choose my computerised scope please...

From: Phillip Brown (pbrown_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/03/05 

Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 21:01:16 GMT

Funny that, I do drive an automatic and hate manuals! To me it's like
buying an old technology like black & white TV, when colour has been
invented. But I appreciate some people prefer manual and feel more 'in
control', although I seem to be able to drive my car anywhere a manual can
go ;)

Phil

"Alexander Avtanski" <avtanski@ispwest.com> wrote in message
news:ctrp2n02lq4@enews4.newsguy.com...
> Michael K wrote:
>> "Phillip Brown" <pbrown@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Dobsonians are too big - I need something relatively portable, and like
>>>it or not I am a gadget freak and want computerised, sorry! I realise
>>>there are people here who don't like them which is fair enough.
>>
>> Methinks it is less that 'they dont like them' than the fact that the
>> key element is the optics. Money spent on the GoTo by definition means
>> either smaller aperature or lower quality optics.
>>
>> After all, whats the point if once you GoTo an object, you can't
>> appreciate it because it is dim, fuzzy, too faint or whatever?
>
> I'd like just to add to this, that often the portability of the mount is
> not considered enough as an issue by the novice astronomer. I find the EQ
> mount for my 8-inch scope the single most-important element that limits
> the portability. A good mount would probably weight more than the scope
> and will have bigger dimensions, even when collapsed. In many cases, a
> dobsonian is more portable solution. (Phillip, are you listening? :-) )
>
> Regarding the GoTo issue - I can understand that some people just _want_
> to have it, and like it. Some have "valid" reasons why they need it. Some
> don't have specific reasons, but even just "wanting it" is a valid enough
> reason, I think. For example, I just _prefer_ cars with manual
> transmissions - I simply don't enjoy automatic - and I don't need a reason
> to justify buying a manual transmission car. The same applies to the
> goto/manual issue, so if Phillip likes GoTo, let him have it, :-)
>
> - Alex

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