I had good luck with the Nikon 78ED and 60ED, which are of true telescope quality. A lot of spotters are junk, and many are merely okay. I took a chance on the 50ED and it turns out to be quite good, very good star test at 75x, almost no color. It is only one pound, incredibly light and compact, easily fit in a glovebox. I saw a picture of a birder with one sticking out of his jeans' rear pocket!
I lucked out and got an OTA quite inexpensive if you know where to look, already had an unused Nikon zoom eyepiece (the thread is proprietary, smaller than the 1.25" standard). What's more the oculars are clearance priced from some vendors.
A winner.
I lucked out and got an OTA quite inexpensive if you know where to look, already had an unused Nikon zoom eyepiece (the thread is proprietary, smaller than the 1.25" standard). What's more the oculars are clearance priced from some vendors.
A winner.
"--Granted, that's a worse case scenario. The destruction might in fact be ... limited to our own galaxy."
