Bah

My wife informed me yesterday that she'd gone into my local Lidl on the 
morning of the 17th to obtain said scope for me for a pressie, but they 
were sold out...

-- 
Abo

"Abo" <no@spam.thanks> wrote in message 
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> Bah
>
> My wife informed me yesterday that she'd gone into my local Lidl on the 
> morning of the 17th to obtain said scope for me for a pressie, but they 
> were sold out...
>
> -- 
> Abo

Check Aldis as well. One was selling a refractor the other a reflector. 
Similar low prices.

Beeblebrox wrote:
> "Abo" <no@spam.thanks> wrote in message 
> news:fktg7t$d6j$1@news.albasani.net...
>> Bah
>>
>> My wife informed me yesterday that she'd gone into my local Lidl on the 
>> morning of the 17th to obtain said scope for me for a pressie, but they 
>> were sold out...
>>
>> -- 
>> Abo
> 
> Check Aldis as well. One was selling a refractor the other a reflector. 
> Similar low prices. 
> 
> 
Thanks, I'll have a look

-- 
Abo

dennis@home wrote:
> 
> 
> "Abo" <no@spam.thanks> wrote in message 
> news:fl2csu$cp9$1@news.albasani.net...
>> Beeblebrox wrote:
>>> "Abo" <no@spam.thanks> wrote in message 
>>> news:fktg7t$d6j$1@news.albasani.net...
>>>> Bah
>>>>
>>>> My wife informed me yesterday that she'd gone into my local Lidl on 
>>>> the morning of the 17th to obtain said scope for me for a pressie, 
>>>> but they were sold out...
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Abo
>>>
>>> Check Aldis as well. One was selling a refractor the other a 
>>> reflector. Similar low prices.
>> Thanks, I'll have a look
> 
> They still had one telescope in the Great Bridge lidl this morning.
> They had three in the Carters Green lidl yesterday.

Are they still on offer? To be honest, I'm probably going to spend a bit 
more, there are some 6" Newtonian reflectors on eBay going for about 
£120, with an equatorial mount and 6.5mm Plossel eyepiece. With a 1400mm 
focal length that'll give me what, x215? Comes with a 25mm one too. I 
reckon it being a 6" should be useful, unless it turns out to be a dog 
of course... Here's one:

http://snipurl.com/6inscope

So, while I wait for my expenses to come through which will fund it, 
what do you think? Buy or avoid?

-- 
Abo

On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:00:29 +0000, Abo <no@spam.thanks> wrote:
>
>Are they still on offer? To be honest, I'm probably going to spend a bit 
>more, there are some 6" Newtonian reflectors on eBay going for about 
>£120, with an equatorial mount and 6.5mm Plossel eyepiece. With a 1400mm 
>focal length that'll give me what, x215? Comes with a 25mm one too. I 
>reckon it being a 6" should be useful, unless it turns out to be a dog 
>of course... Here's one:
>
>http://snipurl.com/6inscope
>
>So, while I wait for my expenses to come through which will fund it, 
>what do you think? Buy or avoid?

Avoid.

The mount looks to be far too light for the aperture. 

The presence of a Sun filter in the package is *very* dangerous: They
must never be used, if you have, or get one, destroy it (safely). No
reputable telecope dealer would dream of including such a hazardous
item in any package, whatever the price. 

The focal length of 1400mm means that the faocal ratio is about 9.3 so
it looks like the 'scope has a built in lens in the focusser to extend
it. As these are a bit of a compromise and the fact that it is
constructed in such a way isn't mentioned is a worry.

Anyway, I wouldn't buy from anyone who does not capitalise the Earth's
Moon correctly, never mind the omitted apostrophe.

The standard text of choosing a first 'scope is here:

http://www.astunit.com/tutorials/firstscope.htm

In addition, the new Skywatcher auto tracking models are well worth
considering:

http://www.opticalvision.co.uk/astronomical_telescopes/sky-watcher/auto-tracking_telecopes

- Mike

Mike Murphy wrote:
> On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:00:29 +0000, Abo <no@spam.thanks> wrote:
>> Are they still on offer? To be honest, I'm probably going to spend a bit 
>> more, there are some 6" Newtonian reflectors on eBay going for about 
>> £120, with an equatorial mount and 6.5mm Plossel eyepiece. With a 1400mm 
>> focal length that'll give me what, x215? Comes with a 25mm one too. I 
>> reckon it being a 6" should be useful, unless it turns out to be a dog 
>> of course... Here's one:
>>
>> http://snipurl.com/6inscope
>>
>> So, while I wait for my expenses to come through which will fund it, 
>> what do you think? Buy or avoid?
> 
> Avoid.
> 
> The mount looks to be far too light for the aperture. 

Good point, they say it's 18kg...

> The presence of a Sun filter in the package is *very* dangerous: They
> must never be used, if you have, or get one, destroy it (safely). No
> reputable telecope dealer would dream of including such a hazardous
> item in any package, whatever the price. 

Absolutely! I would never go anywhere near the sun with something like 
that...

> The focal length of 1400mm means that the faocal ratio is about 9.3 so
> it looks like the 'scope has a built in lens in the focusser to extend
> it. As these are a bit of a compromise and the fact that it is
> constructed in such a way isn't mentioned is a worry.
> 
> Anyway, I wouldn't buy from anyone who does not capitalise the Earth's
> Moon correctly, never mind the omitted apostrophe.
> 
> The standard text of choosing a first 'scope is here:
> 

Thanks, I'll read up on that when I get a moment

-- 
Abo