I found the OPPOSITE to be the case.

Space/Science » in reply to Re: The advertisement is vague about drive.

DavidFMayerPhD — 1/20/2010 8:11:29 AM (archived)

When I look through a telescope, I want to concentrate on LOOKING, not on moving the scope to compensate for the rotation of the Earth. I find an astronomical telescope without a motorized mount to be useless. You might like it, tut you couldn't give me one, no matter how large the aperture.

The whole thread (12 posts)

Orion's new 50" backyard telescope. - RobVG - 1/16/2010 10:59:52 PM
- Re: The advertisement is vague about drive. - Visitor - 1/20/2010 3:41:06 AM
- The $5,000 cheeseburger effect - pwokenyaw - 1/20/2010 3:41:06 AM
- The advertisement is vague about drive. - DavidFMayerPhD - 1/18/2010 4:12:17 PM
  - Re: The advertisement is vague about drive. - RobVG - 1/18/2010 5:00:12 PM
    - I found the OPPOSITE to be the case. - DavidFMayerPhD - 1/20/2010 8:11:29 AM
      - Not to mention the height of the eyepiece. - RobVG - 1/20/2010 10:53:12 PM
        
        How about... - TB - 1/21/2010 7:27:55 AM
        
        Very cool - RobVG - 1/21/2010 7:24:19 PM
        
        Not photographs in the classic sense - TB - 1/21/2010 9:12:43 PM
      - That's quite all right. - RobVG - 1/20/2010 10:51:11 PM
- When size matters... - mcfly - 1/17/2010 1:51:31 AM

Recent posts

On this day in Space/Science

The whole thread (12 posts)

Related discussions