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- From: bunner@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Dana A. Bunner)
- Newsgroups: sci.astro
- Subject: Re: Black's Inexpensive Telescope (Opinions?)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.235102.7919@macc.wisc.edu>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 22:47:26 GMT
- Article-I.D.: macc.1992Nov9.235102.7919
- Sender: news@macc.wisc.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: University of Wisconsin Academic Computing Center
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- In article <16894B810.MEDELMA@cms.cc.wayne.edu>, MEDELMA@cms.cc.wayne.edu (Michael Edelman) writes...
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- I know nothing about the "Black's" scopes ...
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- >The only 4.5" Newtonians I've heard anything good about are the Orion,
- >for around $400 and the Vixens: Alt-azimuth for $250 or equatorial
- >for $350. The Vixens have a pretty decent aluminum tripod, too.
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- The Vixens have recently dropped their price. My local store now offers
- the 4.5" Newtonian on equatorial mount for $298. The mount looked pretty
- good, better than the Meade 4420 sitting next to it for $349 (now
- discontinued). A disadvantage of the Vixen is that it employs .965"
- eyepieces, but two are included for the $298 price (I believe 8mm & 18mm).
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- Dana
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