Spitfire38
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48 minutes ago, Carbon Brush said:
Welcome to SGL.
The first comment is to ask who is selling the scope?
Scopes bought on a whim by someone with little knowledge may not have been looked after.
If you don't know how to assess the package for problems, you may get a lemon.
Though sometimes you can get a genuine item at a good price.
At £260 against £365 new I would expect a reasonably new scope in good condition. Importantly I consider myself able to assess the scope and seller.
But if you are inexperienced, do you want to risk some of the £260 if it is not what it seems to be?HTH, David.
Yes, I absolutely agree. Thankfully the seller is very close so it will not be a problem to go and see it in person.
They state it is fully working and has only been used at their house. Examinationing the images I cannot see any cosmetic damages.
Are there any points you recommend I ask / look out for?
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Hi All,
I am eager to get into this hobby and was hoping to upgrade from binoculars to a proper telescope.
I was looking at second-hand telescopes and came across a Sky-Watcher Explorer 130/650 with an AZ-Go2 WiFi mount for £260. It comes with a SynScan WiFi adaptor, a SynScan hand controller and a Sky-Watcher auto-focuser. It also comes with some eyepieces, filters and other bits & bobs.
This seems like a lot of equipment for a first telescope but looking at retail prices it's more than 50% off. It's not much more than I was expecting to pay for a beginner Dobsonian.
Would you recommend I pick this telescope up or go for a more basic Dobsonian? I am willing and prepared to go through a steep learning curve so that's not an issue.
This is an equivalent telescope from FLO:
Is this a good second-hand deal?
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They are happy to demonstrate the system working but can only do it during the day. I will keep all your points to mind so thank you very much.
Should be seeing it this weekend so fingers crossed it all works out