Re: Celestron or Orion Dobsonian?

8" on EQ mount from Orion that I have gives GREAT views. Collimation is
easy and it tracks nicely AND, when you get scope fever it's nice to have a
good mount. I have a friend that went to the 12" DOB as a first scope.
It's nice but a bear to set up. So, last week he bought a 100mm Orion APO.
BUT, he got their cheasy Alt/Az mount. Now he's mount hunting.

Doink



"Larry Stedman" <stedman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Orion sells a mirror for about $20 that fits directly on the mirror
> mount, so that's not a deciding factor.
>
> Nor should the eyepieces be, especially as you'll upgrade within a few
> months in any case. Plus, an alternative, the Hardin scopes (another
> 10" dob supplier) come with more eyepieces in any case.
>
> There's a lot to be said for Pyrex (Orion) and Sonotube (Discovery) and
> mirror quality (Discovery) and mount construction (Discovery again).
>
> If this is a first scope, you might be surprised at how large and heavy
> these 10" scopes can be. That's just one reason why 8" dobs are a
> standard 1st serious scope recommendation.
>
> Larry Stedman
> Vestal


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