Re: Get Me Started (again...)

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> Lee Bouknight wrote:
> > Hello All
> >
> > As a kid, I was always looking up. Folks bought me a "cheap" scope
from
> > Sears and I used it for many years. Had a great time with it, but
once I
> > went in the U.S.A.F., lost interest. I'm 43 now and my 5.5 year old
> > daughter is showing an interest - I'm thinking it's time to get
started
> > again. I've researched and researched...and now it's time to ask the
folks
> > who know (and who don't stand to make any money off me when I ask
them!!).
> > A few questions if I may....
> >
> >
> > Sorry so long, but I want to do this right and would appreciate any
help all
> > you "amateur-experts" out there can give this "total-amateur"!
> >
> > Thanks in Advance
>
>
> $1300 is a respectable sum of money to put on a first real telescope
> but it wont get you a good goto system. I would sooner recommend the
> Orion Intelliscope series. It does not have goto but it does have a
> digital readout of where your telescope is pointed so you can move it
> there by hand.
>
> Ian Anderson
> www.customopticalsystems.com
>

Good advice...

The scope below will, with the observer for it's drive system, put the
object of your choice in the eyepiece field, or guide you straight TO it,
for a lot less than the OP's stated budget, leaving extra cash for the
inevitable accessories, while delivering MORE all-important aperture...

http://www.telescope.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=14904&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=4&iSubCat=9&iProductID=14904

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Jan Owen

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