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- Path: sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!switchview.com!jack
- From: jack@switchview.com
- Subject: Purchasing a Newtonian Reflector
- Organization: SwitchView Inc
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 20:49:52 GMT
- Message-ID: <C01GJ6.4Fu@switchview.com>
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- I am interested in purchasing a telescope and I've been reading this news
- group for the past few weeks. I've read the FAQ and they helped me start
- on the road to deciding what I should buy.
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- With budgeting in mind I've decided that a 4 1/2 Newtonian Reflector
- will be a good start. This is where my difficulty begins.
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- The telescope shop that I visited in Toronto had three 4 1/2inch Reflectors
- to choose from : The Vixen, Meade and Celestron. They range in price from 300$
- (for the Vixen with the Alt-Az mount) to 650$ ( for the Celestron the the
- equitorial mount). That's Canadian dollars.
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- I'd like to know how different these three models are optically. I understand
- that the quality of the mounts may differ and that they come with different
- eye pieces and finder scopes. Will the images that I see through the
- Celestron be significantly different than the images that I see through the
- Vixen?
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- Has anyone used the Vixen 4 1/2inch reflector or the new Meade 4500?
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- Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
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- Jack Kesselman
- SwitchView Technical Support
- jack@switchview.com
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