Overall Rating: 9
Optics:9 Mount:9 Ease of Use:9 Value:9
Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote)
Date: 11/10/2003 09:03:12 am PST
By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.88.4)
Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=317868

>It's not really the 8" reflector that I am so impressed with.  It's the 6"reflector by Hardin.
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>I set it up for the first time the night of the lunar eclipse.  I went to the locale planetarium, and took it up to the observation tower.  For the next two hours, I had every child and adult lined up to view the moon.
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>I checked out other, far more expensive scopes that people had set up and was surprised that my little scope looked at good as the big boys.
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>If anyone is looking for a great scope for starters or a child, this is perfect...

I am VERY interested in the 6" Hardin Dobsonian and was delighted to find your "review-ette" amongst the 8" scope reviews.  Please email me and let me know your latest sentiments with longer use regarding this telescope.

Thank you,

CDS
CollinofAlabama@hotmail.com