Jay Reynolds Freeman wrote:
>Loaner binoculars might be very useful,
>For serious beginner telescopes, I usually recommend Dobsons near 8-
>inch,
>8-inch SCTs might also be viable as loaners,
Michelle Stone wrote:
>In addition to Jay's suggestions, I'd also add 80mm ED refractors on ALT/AZ
>heads. These are fabulous for learning the sky.
All great suggestions! Here's two more cents for ya. I especially like
what I consider medium
sized dobs. Nothing stirs up a budding amateur astronomer like the view of a
globular
cluster seen through a 10-12" Newt on a dob base. Done well it can
practically force someone
into this wonderful hobby. M13 looks great in just about any scope but 10+
inches really
starts to pull apart those other beautiful but dimmer GC's in a very matter
of fact way.
Its an undeniable shock to some. Also, this aperture can show a fair amount
of detail in
the showpiece galaxies as well as fields of galaxies making more objects
available to the
masses. Set up and tear down can be made easy as well but most of the
f/4.5-f/5 scope
are short enough to rest right on the back seat without being taken down.
If basic
collimation was taught by the person issuing the scope, that would go a long
way in removing
fear or complication.
Sounds like were back to square one.... "a variety of scopes" :-)
GML
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