Re: C8 donation

I donated my old orange Celestron-8 to my son's high school today! My son's
physics teacher is a good guy and i think the scope will be well taken
care
of...

I am not saying that your donation was a bad idea, as I have no info about
this specific school/teacher. However, I always discourage folks from
donating scopes to our local schools. The teachers don't know how to use a
scope, and so it ends up stuck in a storage closet. I suggest that the
equipment is instead donated to a club or an individual who will use it at
public events, where the students will actually get a chance to see/learn
something.

Dennis


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