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14 Dec 2007 Good, solid instrument, with minor flaws As someone with a renewed interest in Astronomy, I wanted a telescope with good light gathering power (better than what I had as a child, both a 50mm refractor and a 6 inch reflector). I also wanted something I could easily take with me in a standard passenger car to a deep sky site.

I was happy to see that these "truss dob" telescopes are now available on the market. As I'm not someone who is naturally good at "do it yourself" projects, I wanted a commercial product that could be assem... –Chris Lloydfrom Amazon.com
07 Jan 2007 Great scope for the money John Dobson's simple and portable design made large telescopes available to the average amateur astronomer. But the bulky tubes limited the portability of really big sizes.

The breakthrough came with Ivar Hamburg's truss tube models, which allowed enormous scopes to break down into easily portable sections. But this was always a premium feature, unavailable to observers on a tight budget, unless they built their own.

Now Meade has produced a good quality large truss-tube scope that... –Doug Ricefrom Amazon.com
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$899	A	Adorama Inc.

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