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The Orion Skyquest xt6 dob....question.

Started by pern009, 07/31/2006 05:36PM
Posted 07/31/2006 05:36PM Opening Post
Hello, i'm a aspiring amateur astronomer and i'm currently in the process of buying my first telescope, the Orion Skyquest xt6 dobsonian. I was just wondering how difficult it is to find objects with this scope? I'm looking at purchasing the classic which isn't compatible with the Intelliscope Finder. I'm on a limited budget and would love to spend a little extra to have the option of adding the intelliscope finder but not sure it's something I can do. Is there a way to accurately find objects w/o the intelliscope? And if so how?

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