Allow me to be the first to inform all the board readers. Indeed Patrick did get a tiny little dob from Orion and it came as promised. He showed up at the Harmon's star party with it - in the original packing cases, unopened. Apparently, he figured with his long years of expertise, he could just slam it all together in a blink of an eye. He opened the two boxes and spent the next 30 minutes reading the instructions and slowly assembling the scope. He could have put 10 C-8s together in that amount of time. But there is a reason for his madness. It looks likes his Tesla does not have a large trunk and a C-8 is too big. But, what is it Patrick? A 4" f8 dob will fit, barely <BIG GRINS> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel Stucki" <joel.stucki@gmail.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Cc: "Astronomy Utah" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 7:15:36 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Orion scores again Ok I am going to display my ignorance. I thought a C-8 was more compact than a similar aperture Dob. What I was reading was that they had superior resolution and a smaller optical tube thus the higher price tag. Is it the tripod that is a pain or do I just have it all wrong? I am very interested as I am trying to decide if I want to invest in a more serious scope (currently using a 5" reflector on EQ mount Orion SpaceProbe 130 ST). Also yes Orion seems to be an awesome company for service and quality. On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@digis.net> wrote:
Not to sound like a commercial for Orion but I got tired of lugging my C-8 to star parties so I gave it to SLAS and started looking for a small, light weight, portable Dob. Found one at Orion and placed the order Tuesday night. It arrived yesterday (Thursday). Well done Orion! I think the only way they could have delivered it faster would have been via drone. :) patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
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