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Post by craig on Aug 26, 2014 11:40:23 GMT -8
i am looking at a coulter odyseey 8" inch 4.5F dobson and would like to know if it is any good he has many eyepieces it is a older telescope but that means its built well right! lol he is asking 350 dollars with attachable 7x50 finder scope sky atlas 2000 lumicon deep sky filters 7mm , 12.5mm ortos a 32mm konig a 25mm celestron eyepiece a mead 2x Barlow and a wooden box for it all i would like to ask if anyone has had this scope befor and is it worth the 350 dollars he is asking the bonus is it is a 1.25 inch eye piece and all my eyepieces are that already for my scope and it is a fully inclosed tube not a truss tube
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2014 20:20:16 GMT -8
With Ortho's and a Konig? it sounds rather old. Plossls would be more modern. You can usually find a new eight inch Dob for about $500 or less. I've heard that narrow band filters darken with age, that is if those filters are narrow band and not just coloured filters.
You won't really know if it's any good unless you field test it. I tend to think it would be worth 250 to 300 bucks? But I don't really know the market.
All the best in your hunting.
DSD.
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Post by craig on Aug 29, 2014 9:33:18 GMT -8
ok thanks darrell i am still looking around the people at canadian telescopes said the same and since i am more or less looking for a scope only since i have all my eye pieces and things already he was saying i could get a newer dob for the same price range and that old of a scope would be in 150 200 range but he did say the scope was nice in its day so the hunt continues
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2014 10:18:40 GMT -8
A solid tube Eight is a great choice -- best aperture for the buck. A Ten is even better if you can wait a bit and save up some more. Especially if you know you'll be heading out to the dark with it.
When I built my eight on a tight budget I made a great finder scope out of a sawed off half of a pair of 7 X 50 binos. One of the best finders I ever had. Nice, flat 5 degree field and I sat my polar fleece hat on it to keep the dew off. Way easier to point than regular binoculars since it didn't shake hand held, it just swung and stayed.
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