Hoping to buy a large Dobsonian - any ideas?

[John]

V. good point - would you say e/p selection is similar as for SCT's?

Mike

Not really - SCT's are slow scopes and not demanding on eyepieces.

A large aperture newtonian / dobsonian is almost certainly going to be a fast scope (otherwise ladders will come into play !) so the eyepieces used should be those that perform well in such scopes.

Umadog has identified a few. Needless to say you will need to part with more £'s for these

[mikeknowle]

yup....(checking wallet )

Mike

[mikeknowle]

16" Meade Light Bridge on buysell atm, i`ve just had my CC wrestled from me by my other half....

T x

Hmmm, interesting....s'cuse my ignorance....buysell "atm"???

Cheers

[John]

Hmmm, interesting....s'cuse my ignorance....buysell "atm"???

Cheers

It's code

It means UK Astro Buy & Sell which is a website, here:

U.K. Astronomy Buy & Sell

There was also a Lightbridge 16" on e.bay a few days ago - might be the same one

[mikeknowle]

ah, yes......a good resource....I check it every few weeks or so for the last few years

[Talitha]

I second Thalitha. If I'd known the size of my lightbridge 16 I would have settled for the lightbridge 12. That said, one look through it and there's no going back.

Absolutely!

[Supernovapulsar]

Hello folks. I had a 10" now I'm getting 12" I think 12" is perfect for good views and 14" in nice but I rather go to 16 from 12". The weight will be more on 16" but we'll worth it. The cost will also be a lot, around 4-5000. I always look for used telescopes. Every time I have done that I've gotten really good deals.