streats July8

MooEy · Post by **MooEy** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 7:21 pm

interesting, but i would fail 1 and 2 due to their choice of mount. syntha mounts are not well known to be great, anything below their eq4 is pretty annoying in the long run. they lack a proper wormtooth gear in the declination shaft, which prohibits the continous motion of the declination, this is for the eq-3 version. the eq1 and 2 are even more strip down versions, i need not elaborate any further.

as for 3, i admit defeat, that would be something decent.

~MooEy~

Post by **weixing** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 7:31 pm

Hi,
Ya.. EQ1 & EQ2 are not so good, but their EQ3-2 are quite good. I have use it for quite some time.

Anyway, you can always get the AZ3 mount, which I think will be a lots better than the EQ1 and EQ2... and I think the total cost will still be under S$1K.

Have a nice day.

anat · Post by **anat** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 9:57 pm

A dobsonian is a cost-effective scope for anyone. We (in Thailand) usually starts with the 6 " YUPA150 dobsonian which is made in Thailand. It costs about US$250. You can find more information from
http://www.vittayasart.net/telescope/do ... pa150.html
http://www.vittayasart.net/telescope/do ... pping.html
BTW, I am not related to the dealer.

fizzy123 · Post by **fizzy123** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 10:09 pm

Anyway I think there is an article on Temasek sec astro club tomolo thus keep a watch out.

8)

Post by **Airconvent** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 12:37 pm

I just sent another exact mail to Streats using my other account...let's see if they are good at avoiding incoming mails!

chrisyeo · Post by **chrisyeo** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 6:44 pm

Who else has wrote to Streats commenting on their article?

Chris

chrisyeo · Post by **chrisyeo** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 4:04 pm

Well, if anyone missed the article and wants to have a look at it, you can click here:

[right-click and save as]
http://www.angelfire.com/stars5/chrisye ... -Spore.jpg