Looking for a 6/8 Reflector with Mount Please

[Stargate]

Hi Everyone

I am looking for a scope and if anyone ( in Ireland ) or wherever has a 6/8 inch reflector second hand that has been cared
for and in good nick , i would be interested .

I am very close to buying an Skywatcher Explorer 150 , I was wondering if anyone could give me some
info please as regards how good , how bad it may be , i want to do Deep Sky Stuff and Planetary too ,
so would like a good mix scope , if such a beast exists

I said i would try the wanted section here as im about to order from the UK in the next day or two ,


I would be very grateful for any views please
Thank you in advance

Martin
Stargate

shango@iol.ie

[Radar]

Hi Martin,

For deep space and planetary you need aperture, lots of it. Try and get something that is at least eight inches, even ten or twelve if possible. Are you hoping to do astrophotography with it?

Cheers

Ray

[Radar]

This was posted on here today mate, it might be useful -

http://www.myastrospace.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2455

[Stargate]

Ray
Thanks for taking the time to comment .

I wont get into the astrophotography side of things for a bit , but i know i will ;-)

Thanks for the link to Orion Atlas 10 EQ-G 10" Newtonian , but a bit out of my price range lol

Greetings from
Cork Ireland

Take care man

regards
Martin

[PeterP]

I think a dobsonian would give you the most bang for your buck. Try and get the largest aperture possible. Your views will be amazing.

Pete

[Stargate]

Yes indeed ,
Thank you for comments,

i think ill go for a Skywatcher 200P 8 inch Refractor
done a lot of reseach and looks a great scope

thanks Peter
Martin
Cork Ireland

[Radar]

Hi Martin,

Send us a link to what you are buying if you can. We'll give it a once over.

Ray

[Stargate]

Hiya Ray ,


Here is the link to the actual telescope and the store in the UK where i am thinking of buying it from

http://www.warehouseexpress.com/product/default.aspx?sku=10561

Has anyone had any dealings with the warehouseexpress ? ?

This is the Cheapest price i can find for this scope in the uk or europe

Regards
Martin

[Saj]

Hey Martin,

I purchased the same get up from Orion a year and a half ago. All the specs for the scope are the same as mine and it would appear that the mount is relatively the same as well. I paid 1500$ Canadian (to my door), so that would seem like a very reasonable price if you ask me.

I'm not sure if the craftmenship would be the same (my understanding is that Orion, Celestron and Skywatcher are reletively similar) but my scope has brought me loads of viewing pleasure. I haven't done any imaging with it yet but viewing is marvelous compared to my refractor (for deepsky stuff anyhow). I've also viewed Saturn on many occassions which really impressed me. Lunar viewing is great as well concsidering the capability it has to magnify.

The only issue i have with it is transportability. It wasn't much of a bother at first, then i bought a refractor that came with a case and now i'm spoiled and require a little convincing myself to take it in the bush. I use it primarily in my yard now.

All this being said, i'm relatively new to all this myself, but from my experience i would suggest it's a good buy.

Hope this helps,
Cheers.

[Stargate]

Hallo Saj

How are you ? Let me thank you Saj for taking the time to write all your comments for me . I really
APPRECIATE it ,

Its a great help , i went here http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi , and converted your 1500 Canadian
dollors and it came back as € 900 WOW , 900 EUROS is 1,216.14 USD , Good god Saj , thats a lot
, was your scope with the electric drives ?

That price i found on that wharehouse express is the cheapest in Europe i could find on the net , and
believe me Saj i have done real hard reseach .

Saj
thanks for taking the time to write
Kindest regards
Martin

[Saj]

No problem Martin.

It definitely was a pretty penny, but well worth it in my opinion. Yes the mount is motorized (Sirius EQ-G mount) though it didn't have the GoTo feature (didn't come with power supply either ... which ran me nearly another 100$ Canadian). I thought the EQ5 was motorized, is it not? If it's not, and you could spare the extra cash i would say it's well worth considering even for viewing (and especially if you become interested in imaging which i would assume you probably will).

Hope this stuff helps.

[Stargate]

Hi All ,

Radar had some laugh re your April 1st post ,ha

Anyways ,

Just to let everyone know i have found my scope ,
I am driving to Dublin tomorrow Monday to collect
a Celestron C8-N

So , I am looking for some eyepieces that would suit a Celestron C8-N .

Maybe the Celestron Eyepiece kit or something , i have been told
the C8-N can use either 1 + 1/4 inch, or 2 inch eyepieces as the scope comes with an adapter so that you could use the 2 inch eyepieces too.


Thank you for reading

Martin
Stargate
Cork Ireland