where to get buy a telescope in berkshire

[Rob_T]

anyone know a good telescope shop in berkshire? a proper one that sells meade, celstron stuff, not your jessops type

[lowdrag]

Well, a quick search of the Celstron site found their list of dealers and you are out of luck:-

http://www.celestron.uk.com/catalogues/browse_cont...

And as regards Meade, these are the only dealer in the UK:-

http://www.meade.com/authdlrsintrnl/England/2156.h...

[VxDuncan]

There's always Bern at modern astronomy - Very, very helpful and based somewhere in surrey I think. Has Way more stuff than shown on the website.http://www.modernastronomy.com/ 

He's very highly recommended by everyone at ukastroimaging, I certainly I found him fantastically helpful when I ordered a goto4all kit to convert an old mount to goto - took me through step by step with useful tips etc.

Take a look at the comments on service from ukastroimaging (anything refering to "Bern" is him):
http://ukastroimaging.co.uk/forums/index.php?board=20.0 

Worth looking at for other dealers too though of course...

[Ed_P]

David Hinds has a good reputation:

David Hinds Ltd
Unit B, Chiltern Industrial Estate
Grovebury Road
Leighton Buzzard
Bedfordshire
LU7 4TU

www.dhinds.co.uk

[Mr Noble]

My neighbour and I have been talking about this for ages and he finally bit the bullit and got one (on delivery now)


Meadeappear to have been getting a beating by Celestron recently, and their new "Nexstar" range are awesome!


He went for the Nexstar 6" which seems to be the best size/££ scope. Lots of light, full automatic finder "goto", great tracking ability to make viewing a joy and astrophotography a sinch and all for about £679.

I'll post some feedback once it arrives. Think I'm going to get me one too.