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The Celestron Omni XLT series comes with CG-4 mount, not convenient as ALT-AZ mount for "daytime use" as you mentioned.

Found this item on amazon UK , at current £50 price the total about SGD 147 inclusive of shipping.


Celestron Travel Scope 70 Refractor Outfit with additional 4mm Eyepiece and 3x Barlow Lens:Amazon.co.uk: Camera & Photo

Good thread !

I believe their books are shipped direct from warehouse in UK, not "molested" by retail customers. Expect 4-6weeks waiting time. Longer than that apply for refund. For shipping damage, I've seen an extreme case of postman folding a wide book to stuff into letterbox @ hardwarezone forum. It...

Bookdepository is good. They also email 10% off coupon few times a year during summer, spring, easter holidays.

South west direction can have low lying clouds that glows reflective orange. Also visible from my place at CCK. From Johor it looks like LOTR Mordor on the horizon. Hardwarezone forum users noticed it since May-June this year and said it came out of Exxonmobil's "world's biggest" ethylene ...

http://www.imgur.com is easier and faster to upload

copy the "direct link" and paste it here between the code

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Amazon France is currently selling the celestron nextstar SLT 127 mak at approximately EUR 458 = SGD 795 after shipping and GST Celestron NexStar SLT 127 Télescope (Import Allemagne): Amazon.fr: Photo & Caméscopes http://i.imgur.com/ShnH1zw.jpg I'm interested in the mount for $200, so anybody wi...

A few links that I find useful. http://www.stargazing.net/naa/scopemath.htm Cloud satellite view of past 6 hours http://www.accuweather.com/en/sg/national/satellite Rain radar ... save URL as bookmark, refresh the page every few minutes for update http://www.weather.gov.sg/wip/pp/rndops/web/ship/gif...

This travelscope70 have decent reviews on the optics in USA at their USD60 price, but SG markup for this specific scope is above 100% so not worth it anymore. Sadly, every other scope out there in Singapore is also marked up by more than 100% [smilie=desperate2.gif] Not exactly true ... there are s...