All New Telescope Owners, Please Read!
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All New Telescope Owners, Please Read!
by JayTee
Hello to all the new and lucky telescope owners, Please use your telescope for the very first time during the day. All of the following information will strive to support the above statement. But first, WARNING, WARNING, WARNING – NEVER POINT YOUR TELESCOPE ANYWHERE NEAR THE SUN! I’m writing this...
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Re: All New Telescope Owners, Please Read!
Thanks for posting this article.
Many small scopes, plus a Lightbridge 12, LX 70-8R,6R,6M
Many eyepieces, just not really expensive ones.
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Re: All New Telescope Owners, Please Read!
Agreed.
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Re: All New Telescope Owners, Please Read!
150mm Orion Mak-Cass, Orion StarSeeker IV GoTo mount, Telrad.
Orion 10 & 23mm (set 1.25), Explore Scientific 9 & 18mm, 2x GSO Barlow, just purchased 2” Orion twist diagonal, GSO 32mm plossl and Agena 8-24 zoom.
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Re: All New Telescope Owners, Please Read!
If you don’t your first couple of nights will be a turn off , I did what you said and then the first few nights with my new 10”
Equipment :
Apertura AD10” Dobsonian
Polaris 4” Dobsonian
7x50 binoculars
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