I purchased a Meade Comet Seeker 277 from Steve on this list thinking I would get more eyepiece time with my 10" Dob... I have a couple of kids and the daughter is a particular ep hog. I went out of town over the weekend to help a friend put up a stand at his deer lease and took the lil Meade Refractor with me. I was very impressed with what you can see with 60mm wide field refractors. M13 was beautiful and with a Series 4000 9.7mm Plossl it was able to be viewed directly without use of averted vision. I usually just haul binoculars out when I go out of town. Gotta tell you, this little tabletop reflector in it's own carrying case will be a new companion (not much bigger than the case for my Celestron 15x70's). I hunted down numerous Messier objects and even checked out Jupiter with it. What a fun little scope. I guess when it comes to travel and limited space, aperature fever can work in reverse.
Clear Skies,
Mike
Clear Skies,
Mike
