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Re: Telescope Advice

Monday, 15th October 2012 at 09:06 #3550

davnie

Registered user

Thanks; will be in touch with Brendan in the near future.
Is the min scope at Cronton? I need to think about the logistics of Cub travel; we have a full pack on two nights!
I am going to compromise on the type of scope purchased having done a little research over the weekend. The Celestron CPC 800 does have GoTo but I will need to configure the alignment using two bright objects, (the Moon is acceptable); hopefully this will put a little bit more skill into the set-up. I can get my Latitude and Longitude positions from Google Earth I think.
Regards
Dave

Liverpool Astronomical Society

Sic Itur Ad Astra – Thus The Way To The Stars : 137 years of astronomy

Re: Telescope Advice