Telescope - Eyepiece Choice

[dave0222]

Hello Everyone,

This is my first post so I apologise if it is not in the right place on the forum.

A friend of mine happens to be selling a newtonion reflector 150/750mm with a (very sturdy looking) equatorial mount, and a 25mm eyepiece. The telescope is marked with "Teleskop Service" in italic characters . It is 100% manual.

It so happens that my other half will be getting a telescope for xmas, and until now I was thinking about getting a Meade ETX-70AT, however I think that might not be as good as this big one for what I am trying to see, i.e. galaxies and planets.

What do you think of this offer, the going price is around 250 euros/165 pounds. Would additional eyepieces be of good use? If so what make/type should I consider?

Thanks alot for your help

Dave

[FLO]

Welcome aboard Dave

The TS is very similar to this Skywatcher model:

http://www.firstlightoptics.com/proddetail.php?prod=150eq32

Whether you choose the Skywatcher or TS, both will be infinitely better than the ETX70.

I suggest you use the eyepieces supplied with the scope first. Later, you will no doubt want to upgrade them and there will be plenty of advice available here.

[geppetto]

Welcome to the forum Dave

Go with Steve's advise, get the bigger aperture scope, you won't regret it

[John]

Hi Dave - welcome to SGL.

I agree entirely with Steve and Gepetto - the newtonian scope will in be in a different league entirely with regard to what you can see. The ETX70 although cute is pretty limited because of it's small apeture. The 25mm eyepiece would give you a magnification of 30x which is very useful for galaxies, star clusters etc. You will probably want to add a shorter focal length eyepiece in due course to see some more detail on the planets.

The Teleskop Service products are generally good.

John

[dave0222]

Thanks alot for your responses everybody. Do you think its worth trying to knock the price down a bit?

Apparently its only been used a few times.

[GordonCopestake]

It's ALWAYS worth trying to knock the price down, if you cant £165 is still a bargain as they are £225 new so a saving of £60 from the new price.

[The Warthog]

We just had an interesting discussion on this very topic regarding another 150 x 750 Newtonian, at http://stargazerslounge.co.uk/index.php?topic=8276.0 which will reward perusal.