I dont believe Bill is at Inkley's any more. I was in there last week, and the area where his display cases and and telescopes was cleared out. just 2 scopes on the floor. I dont know if it had anything to do with Inkley's filing a chapter 11 or not. but it looks like SLC has one less place to obtain telescopes and EP's locally. Mike On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Dan Hanks <danhanks@gmail.com> wrote:
I recently bought this telescope:
http://www.telescopes.com/telescopes/dobsonian-telescopes/zhumellz8deluxedob...
an 8" Zhumell Dob. I've been very pleased with the purchase so far. Has the 2" Crayford focuser (with an adapter for the 1.25 inch eyepieces as well). I initially had my heart set on the SkyQuest XT8, but found the Zhumell package much more complete, and with free shipping, you really do get quite a lot for the $379 they're asking.
Package includes 2 eyepieces, laser collimator (that probably needs to be collimated itself, mine did), battery-powered mirror fan, RACI 10x50 finder, moon filter for the 1.25 eyepiece (wish there was one for the 2"), and a free green laser pointer. The altitude tension mechanism is really quite nice. It's easy to set whatever tension you prefer for both alt and az.
I've read that some have found the mirror on these scopes attached a bit too tightly with the rubber mirror clamps thus causing some astigmatism. That's easily corrected though,
The scope is a bit bulky, but not too bad to move around, even when assembled. I'm in Orem if you'd like to come by some time to take a look in person.
Dan
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Troy Davidson <clandaith@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello all. I'm new here and this is my first message.
I am going to be getting a new (at least new to me) telescope soon. I'm looking for an 8" dob that takes 2" eyepieces. What I'm wondering is...where is a good place to buy either used or new telescopes at a decent price?
Thanks for the help.
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