Correction...Bobs mount is an equitorial..damn dislexia..
Mundo
"Mundo" wrote in message
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Junk...The description of that scope itself should send you running..."
NEW BURGUNDY 6" REFLECTOR ". I buy and sell a couple of dozen scopes a
year. If you would like a nice "Inexpensive...not cheap"set up for looking
in your neighbors window I would tell you to look for an older mak style
spotting scope from celestron. Or even a small bushnell or celestron
reflector. The 114mm is not a bad value and common as sand. They are on
ebay all the time and can be had for well under 100.00 with a tripod and
maybe a few ep's. The other thing you need to consider is the mount. That
mount shown on the" NEW BURGUNDY 6" REFLECTOR "is known as equitorial and
is designed to align with the earths north south axis. It is not a point
and shoot mount. I would recomend an alt/az mount...left/ right /up /down.
The equitorial maintains north /south alighnment and the scope actually
rotates instead of the mount to achieve all angles. Bob has an alt az
mount on the scope he shows the picture of. It is great for photography as
you do not get star trails during long exposure since it is only tracking
east to west. The alt az on the other hand will do a terrific job only it
is moving in three dimensions allowing more for more error during long
exposure.I hope this helps...
Mundo
"Gilligan" wrote in message
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Robert,
I'm looking at getting a large diameter reflector telescope that is
inexpensive and would like your opinion. I'm going to use it for
terrestrial
use, mainly looking at prairie dogs getting their heads blown off,
looking
in people's windows, babe watching at the reservoir and scoping out
climbs
and hunting terrain. I'm considering this one from eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...1456 530&rd=1
Will I need a Barlow for it? How hard is it to hook up a camera? A
digital
imaging focal plane? What do you think of the scope? What would you
recommend in that price range?
Thanks Robert, your informed opinion is highly valued.
Gilligan