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old39

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Hello.

could anyone out there advise me wether the Sky Watcher 130 flextube dobsonian would be suitable as a second scope ?.

I havea Skywatcher 114 at the moment but it is rather bulky and difficult to store as i live in a park home. Please advise.

Thanks.

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John

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Hello and welcome to SGL !.

I know that some other folks on the forum use the 130 flextube and like it a lot. It's certainly useful if you are pressed for space. The extra aperture over your 114 will be a benefit as well of course.

If you post a similar question on the beginners forum you will get some more feed back on it I'm sure.

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JamesM

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Hi and welcome to the forum.

Skywatcher make very good scopes and the 130 will certainly give you great views. As a 'second' scope, are you wanting to use it to view specific targets that are different from the 114?

James

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Rusty Strings

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Hi and welcome to SGL.

The flextube will certainly be easier to store and will give slightly better views than the 114. I am puzzled that you want the 130 as a second scope, does that mean you'll be keeping the 114? If so, then surely you will have two scopes to store instead of one!

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old39

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Thank you JBM and John.

To be quite honest i have spent more time sorting out the eq mount than i have viewing. So i think i may get rid of the 114 and go for the simple approach,

Richard

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BAZ Senior

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Hi Old39, welcome to SGL.

If I remember, one of the mags did a review on a 130 dob, and it got a decent rating. I think you would struggle to connect a camera to the dob, the weight may not do it many favours and it may cause it to flex enough to ruin the optical path.

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