SingAstro

understood. thanks alot. i roughly know what i want now. haha. i went observing the sky just a moment ago. its was cloudy yeap but i found a few of them. used tat stupid bino of mine and spotted quite a few more. i think for me now, a small scope that is portable will be the best choice. i want to know more about the sky before going deeper and being more specific. now is the time for me to get my basics right!!

anyone of you got any lobangs on a 2nd hand scope? haha! and btw weixing, do u think ur that Vixen A80SS is a good choice for me? And does anybody live near yishun!! =) you guys are a friendly bunch.

Hi,

and btw weixing, do u think ur that Vixen A80SS is a good choice for me?

The Vixen A80SS is design to be a wide field achromatic refractor, so it'll perform well on wide field from low to medium magnification. Although I seldom use it to observe the planet through it (can't remember when :oops: ) as I always use my 8" scope, but I think it won't perform that well at high magnification.

By the way, I got a Vixen 5.3" Newtonian that I brought from Meng Lee that's IMHO, very suitable for you... it's quite light, portable and very good price (thanks to Meng Lee). I now use it with my MicroStar mount as my grab and go scope. Although, I do not plan to sell it, but I'm "eyeing" someone "mwts scope". So if that "mwts scope" become "wts scope" and I still can't sell my current 8" F5 scope by then, I might sell this 5.1" Newtonian with MicroStar mount to get that scope... ha ha ha

Anyway, you can drop by to take a look through it if you are interested. I live in Tampines and it's only around 30min away from Yishun if you take 969 from Yishun. Drop me a PM if you are interested.

Have a nice day.

i will! when are u free? weekends? fridays?

Hi,

i will! when are u free? weekends? fridays?

I'm free on most night, weekends and public holiday... err... morning not free as I'm usually playing chess with Mr Zhou till afternoon... ha ha ha. Drop me a PM on when you are coming.

Have a nice day.

Hehe, my second hand lobang will only make you interested when you are ready for hardcore astrophotography. Now most of my scopes are optimised for astrophotography. I only got 1 visual scope that I will be keeping.

Razsky wrote:anyone of you got any lobangs on a 2nd hand scope? haha! and btw weixing, do u think ur that Vixen A80SS is a good choice for me? And does anybody live near yishun!! =) you guys are a friendly bunch.

Hi
I have a telescope on sale too..Portable and easy to use...

http://www.singastro.org/viewtopic.php?t=5008

I stay in Woodlands , and normally observe at the big field in front of my house. There's a hardcourt too , handy.

Anyone like to observe at that region , let me know.

Sam

Airconvent wrote:

Razsky wrote:anyone of you got any lobangs on a 2nd hand scope? haha! and btw weixing, do u think ur that Vixen A80SS is a good choice for me? And does anybody live near yishun!! =) you guys are a friendly bunch.

Hi
I have a telescope on sale too..Portable and easy to use...

http://www.singastro.org/viewtopic.php?t=5008

Don't you think thats a little too small for me? lol. thanks anyway! stupid skies, its cloudy!

Sam Lee wrote:I stay in Woodlands , and normally observe at the big field in front of my house. There's a hardcourt too , handy.

Anyone like to observe at that region , let me know.

Sam

Woodlands? near where? isit the hard court near the mrt tracks? which station should i alight at?