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eratosthenes
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by eratosthenes Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:29 pm
Is celestron C6N a gd choice for a beginner? would like to heard comment from u guy:)
wAi_kiT
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by wAi_kiT Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:44 pm
Wah, so fast going for SCTs liao arh... Hmm... Maybe you want to try Newtonians or refractors first?
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hommel
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by hommel Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:15 pm
The C6N is a newtonian. Here's a review.
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I have no experience with this scope btw..
weixing
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by weixing Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:20 pm
Hi,
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wAi_kiT
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by wAi_kiT Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:46 pm
Orh... My mistake =X What do you expect from this scope?
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acc
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by acc Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:17 pm
wAi_kiT wrote: Wah, so fast going for SCTs liao arh... Hmm... Maybe you want to try Newtonians or refractors first?
Errm SCTs and Maks are good beginner scopes; they are light and portable for the aperture, so the need for expensive and heavy tripods+mounts are reduced. In fact, a 5" SCT or Mak is probably a better first scope than a refractor of whatever size (5" refractors are too big and expensive while smaller refractors are well, aperture-challenged).
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by wAi_kiT Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:19 pm
Haha, but the maintenance of SCTs make them hard for beginners... The lens and collimation. And they're not that cheap right?
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by acc Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:51 pm
They are virtually maintenance-free and collimation is not difficult to learn. general rule of thumb for price per inch of aperture: newtonians cheapest followed by SCTs followed by APO refractors.
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by wAi_kiT Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:56 pm
Oh well, when you see fungus growing on the lens, can get super sad =X Now my newtonian mirror also getting dirty =X
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by acc Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:58 pm
Well no better what scope its always best to keep them in the right environment
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