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- First ReviewNovember 5, 2007
- Last ReviewMay 11, 2008
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The Meade Coronado Personal Solar Telescope allows for complete safe viewing of the sun. It reveals dramatic prominences, flares, and other solar phenomena. With this complete package, you get a hard case for safe storage and transport of the PST.
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Rare Views
PostedMay 11, 2008
With this telescope, you can do what your mother told you never to do: stare at the sun! It's one thing to watch NOVA on television to see huge flames ripping off of the sun, but to actually see them with your own eye is something entirely different. The PST is the best truly- affordable way to see the things that relatively few have seen in their lifetime. These are the rare views. As we enter the uphill climb into Solar Cycle 24 the numbers of sunspots will begin to increase. Each month will begin to show increased solar activity that will be beautiful to watch through this little personal solar telescope. I recently photographed a solar prominence (one of those huge ripping flames) through this telescope and amazed even my astronomy buddies. This one is a lot of fun! Well....that is if you don't mind being out in the sun. --Andy Raiford
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If you're looking for a heavy duty GoTo mount for all your observing or astrophotography needs, the Orion Atlas EQ-G computerized GoTo telescope mount is perfect. It supports up to 40lbs and finds over 42,900 celestial objects with pushbutton ease.
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Atlas EQ-G is THE Best-Buy Heavy Mount
PostedNovember 5, 2007
When it comes to astrophotography, the mount is the most important piece of hardware you'll need. The best scope on earth will produce horrible photos if the mount can't track the stars. You have two choices. The first choice is to buy an Atlas EQ-G foraround $1500, or you could go out and spend at least twice as much to get the same results. If you have the money and spending an $3000 on a high-precision equatorial mount seems the like the right thing to do, then by all means, go do that. But if you're not in the habit of blowing your hard-earned cash like Brittany Spears in a designer shoe store, then you will want to buy the mount that does the same job for half the price. Whether in an observatory or as a travel mount, the Atlas is my favorite always. Andy Raiford
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