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Old 02-06-2008
amitbhawnani amitbhawnani is offline
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Thanks for the links..
I have started doing all the reading..
:-)

An 8 inch diameter would go WAY beyond my budget..
I have a budget of USD 500 max.. Unfortunately I dont live in the US.
The prices here in India are exactly double as in the US

I just posted about the above 114mm reflector because i found it to be the cheapest i've seen. Does the focal length of 500mm mean that i wont get much of mangification?

I have also started to consider the 90mm Maksutov-Cassegrain.
I found out about the mak through your links :-)
I love the idea
of having a telescope that i'll be able to carry around easily. :-)
The 90mm 1250mm focal length cost 4 times as much as the earlier reflector.

I was just wondering which would be better looking at the planets (Saturn) ,orien nebula and studying the moon.
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