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it was a Tasco 114mm newt that was practically given to me after having been used a handful of times then kept in an attic since nineteen-eighty-something. The first time I saw a fuzzy Saturn through a terrible 4mm lens I was hooked and started researching OTAs, mounts and eye-pieces.

Thats exactly what I got when I was 10 . . 25 years ago :bigshock:

A white tube Tasco 11TR!! With horrible .965 eyepieces. Its tucked away in the attic now.

Seanie - prepare to be sacrificed... :devil:

Eh..... Dave, you do know that we're supposed to eat the fatted calf? :bigshock:

No offence to Seanie but I don't think he'll taste as good, no matter how well Dee's been feeding him!

There's plenty of Seanie to go around. I'm a self-confessed 'king of the barbecues' so I can tell you which parts are the best to bite into... you can start by biting my ass! :rock:

Seanie
(thinking about a barbecue this weekend now!)

:laugh:

StephenK wrote:

it was a Tasco 114mm newt that was practically given to me after having been used a handful of times then kept in an attic since nineteen-eighty-something. The first time I saw a fuzzy Saturn through a terrible 4mm lens I was hooked and started researching OTAs, mounts and eye-pieces.

Thats exactly what I got when I was 10 . . 25 years ago :bigshock:

A white tube Tasco 11TR!! With horrible .965 eyepieces. Its tucked away in the attic now.

Mine is a Tasco 302012. It's well made for what it is and the mount is surprisingly stable. If I want to show my nephews/niece something with no fear of the worst happening (crash, smash) or if I want a quick look at some object it's quite handy. I use plossl's now to be fair so the views are quite acceptable.