20090912 Telescope
Posted by Sabre on September 12 2009 08:49:43
OMFG!
In December I am turning a rather significant number (apparently) in years on this planet. As part of my celebrations, Sibi has said I can upgrade my old Celestron C8 SCT telescope to a bigger C925 SCT.
The great thing about this deal is that I am able to trade in my old scope and get a pretty good portion off the cost of the C925. The place I am getting the scope form is Andrews Communications and the guys there are very friendly and the prices are extremely attractive.
The new scope is the CPC 925 GPS XLT which is a C925 optical tube with XLT coatings attached to a wedge go-to mount. The great thing about the mount is it's fully computerised, press a button and off it goes. Yes, it's a lazy man's scope. The C8 I had was mounted on an old style fork and for learning the sky and star hopping the mount was great, but now I feel the need to spend more time observing and less time trying to find stuff.
The other good thing about this deal is I am going to pick the scope up today, I just have to hang at home until some guy comes to do some measurements for a new awning we are getting.... I WISH HE"D HURRY UP!!! ;)
CPC 925 GPS (XLT)
Andrews Communications