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Which telescope to get?

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bosun21

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When you go to pick it up take a torch with you and shine it on the rear side of the mirror. If you can see a circle of light on the mirror while looking down the tube  then that means the coatings are failing. It looks okay but I would check it if I were you.

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bomberbaz
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I would get a svbony 7-21 zoom, cheap, covers a lot of ground, great quality and perfect for planetary viewing 

doublevodka
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Another vote for Svbony from me, they do some decent cheap eyepieces. If possible you also want something fairly wide, say a 25mm plossl, their range can be seen here - https://www.svbony.com/sho

Mr Spock
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The first one looks like a Bird-Jones design and it best avoided. The second one is only 114mm but long focal length suggesting it may have a spherical mirror. The last one looks to be a good standard

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15 hours ago, Asoor said:

I think they look okay, right?

The flocking for me speaks volumes as well as the well-constructed dobsonian mount. I suspect this scope has been someone's pride and joy in the past and it looks like it's been well looked after. Providing the mirrors are in good condition it should prove to be quite a nice scope I think 👍

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