First ever telescope advice

[Gimli]

Hey guys, newbie here. If you guys can give me a little advice on what kind of telescope i have and what can i see with it, that would be great!

I just bought my first telescope from a pawn shop, managed to haggle it down to 350$ I don't know much about it, other then its a sky-watcher pro 120mm ED refractor and colored gold. Is it a good telescope? Is there a difference between this and the new black ones? The new black ones seem to have APO. What is APO? does mine have it?

Thanks in advance from Canada!

[nightfisher]

oh bad luck, what a rubbish scope you have bought.......

tell you what, since you bought a dud, sell it to me:D

Joking aside, if its in good or even reasonable condition that is a superb buy, a right little find, its the same model as the new black tube Evostar 120 pro ED, its an APO which means apocromatic using o`hara glass, in good nick i would expect to pay about $600 to $700 for it, well done

[damnut]

Hi Gimli,

Here is the url for your scope.

Telescope-Service: Skywatcher ED Refractors - ED80, ED100, ED120

Cheers

[John]

Hi Gimli,

I have an Skywatcher ED120 Pro in the gold colour scheme - it's an excellent scope - you probably paid about half what it was worth so it was a good buy !.

Did it come with a mount or do you still need to get one of those ?.

[Gimli]

Thanks guys. Had it checked out and the optics are just fine.

It came only with aluminum tripod legs and some weights. Is there a place i can buy the missing head?

I was thinking of buying a celestron cg-4 mount. Would this be good enough for observing, cause i do not plan on taking pictures much.

Thanks.

[John]

The CG5 would be much better from my experience. Those aluminum tripod legs will flex a lot and make vibrations very obvious at high powers. You got the scope for a great price so it's worth investing in a good mount for it. A good scope on an inadequate mount is a very frustrating experience.