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Timbo

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Hello All,

I have lurked on this site and the many retailers' sites for many months now. I've have spent many more hours pouring over reviews of scopes and mounts etc and bought a few starter books.

I will avoid at this time, any questions about which 'first scope' to buy because firstly, I am very aware that my questions have been asked and answered a thousand times over! Secondly, I made a Christmas heart-not-head purchase of a cheap and cheerful Celestron Travel Scope 70mm from Currys!

TBH, I simply cannot make up my mind about a telescope that I'd really want to own; having confused myself reading too much and analysing even more!

There is a paucity of shops that display telescopes and this makes choosing one for suitability, ease of use, comfort-of-viewing or even on looks alone difficult. I'd just like to get near one to look at it. :)

I'm enjoying learning the skies with my Lidls 10x50 bins (thanks Stargazers Lounge!) and now my cheapo 70mm refractor.

I will take the plunge this year though.

Ever hopeful. and still researching.

Tim

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JamesM

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Hi Tim and welcome to forum.

You 'nearly' hit the nail on the head when you said you "I'd just like to get near one to look at it" because what I thought you were going to say was to get near one to look 'through' one!:)

You're not the first I have said this to but looking at all the brochures in the world will not help you know what the numbers quoted truly mean unless you actually look through a scope. It's then that you gain some idea whether a particular scope will meet your expectations! My recommendation to you would be to contact your local astro soc/observing club to find out when they are performing their next observation evening so that you can go along, have a look at and through and so start your real research. :(:)

This doesn't mean that you can't ask questions here because that too is important, its just that you need a point of reference to hang the answers from and to help you make sense of what kit you'll probably want to get.

Clear skies

James

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Hi Tim, a warm welcome to the SGL forum, my family tried to choose a scope for me and I ended up with a Meade DS2090 GOTO as a present, which was extremely nice of them, but not what I wanted, so it remains in its box to be sold along with other things to fund extras for the scope I have now, it took me many months to reach a decision, as Brantuk implied, take your time.

John.

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Timbo

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Hi All, and thank you for your warm replies and welcomes,

I've just completed a long missive and posted it only to discover that I timed-out and lost the reply. It is now late and so I'll respond and add some more detail later.

Thank you,

Tim

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