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Re: [ATM] Is this a good deal?
It is not junk, Actually it's a pretty good eyepiece for the price.
Eyepieces can easily run over $500.00 each, I'm not sure the incremental
value is there for a beginner. I'd pick them up.
Francis J. O'Reilly
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave and Connie" <dmatt@frontiernet.net>
To: <atm@atmlist.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 3:48 PM
Subject: [ATM] Is this a good deal?
>I had to get tires on the car today so I had an hour to kill wandering
> around. I went into one of the junky discount stores in the area and
> there
> were a bunch of Meade eypieces on the shelf for $30. New in the box with
> a
> plastic case.
>
> They are series 4000 12.4mm Super Plossl. They are the same as the ones
> here:
> http://www.astronomics.com/main/product.asp/catalog_name/Astronomics/category_name/8TL9LJW8B5LW8K6VQQSC3AR2S3/product_id/SP12
>
> I am going to build a 10" reflector with a planned lenght of F6.
>
> Would this eyepiece be a good one to pick up to start the collection? If
> they are junk I would rather put a bit more into something useful.
>
> Dave
>
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