[TriLUG] OT: Telescopes in Raleigh

[Hrivnak, Michael via TriLUG]

Southeastern Camera [0] keeps some telescopes in stock and sells a range of
related stuff. As far as I know, they are the only ones in the area.

You should go to some observing events with the Raleigh Astronomy Club
and/or the Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society (CHAOS). It's a
very friendly community that will be eager to share views through their
scopes, tell you about them, and help you decide what kind of scope you
want. This being a new moon weekend, there will probably be people from
both groups going out tonight and/or tomorrow night. Just hop on their
email lists and introduce yourself.

The best thing you could do is attend a big start party. You'll find
potentially over 100 attendees will every kind of amateur telescope, and
vendors. The best one in the area is October 12-18, although they haven't
updated the website with those dates: http://www.chaosastro.com/starparty/

A lot has changed in telescope and eyepiece design since you last were in
the hobby, and there are a lot of options, so definitely don't rush to make
a purchase.

Michael

[0] https://southeasterncamera.com/

On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 7:52 AM, John Broome via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> Checking with the Raleigh Astronomy Club might yield better (or any)
> answers to your question.
>
> http://www.raleighastro.org/
>
> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 10:20 PM, Tom Eisenmenger via TriLUG <
> trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> > This is admittedly off topic but I suspect there may be many TriLUG
> > members who could give me some good advice. I’m interested in getting
> back
> > into astronomy (been away for… oh…. 40 years or so!) and would like to
> > check out some decent quality telescopes if possible. Is there a good
> shop
> > in the Raleigh/Durham area that caters to this interest that I should
> make
> > a point to visit?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tom Eisenmenger
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