Re: Celestron or Orion Dobsonian?


aar4teen88@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi, I'm buying a new scope and was wondering which one is the better
> value between the Orion XT10 Classic Dobsonian, or the Celestron
> StarHopper 10 inch Dobsonian? I'm new to all this, so I don't really
> know which one is the better of the two. I'm sure that they are very
> close, but they seem to have different eye peices and stuff. Like I
> don't know which eyepeice is better than the other and stuff like
that.
> Also the Celestron seems to have a built-in fan to cool the mirror
> down, whereas the Orion says that it has special vents to help cool
the
> mirror. Are they both equally effective, or is one system better
than
> the other? Any help at all on this would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
> Aaron

I would say the Orion is better because it gives you two eyepieces and
a pyrex mirror. You can add an exaust fan yourself for less than $10

Ian Anderson
www.customopticalsystems.com

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