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Clive Gibbons
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Re: Orion 150mm MAK
07/26/05 09:42 AM
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Why no reviews anywhere about this scope? Seems strange....Nobody bought any ?
These are made by Synta and also sold as Sky-Watcher 150mm Maksutovs. A friend of mine owns one and is quite happy with it. One caveat: The actual aperture of the 150mm is approx. 142mm. This is because the primary mirror is slightly smaller than necessary to deliver a full 150mm clear aperture (entrance pupil) at the corrector lens. The 127mm Mak suffers from the same issue. It's "entrance pupil" aperture is 121mm, as measured by Sky and Telescope magazine in their March 2002 review.
Cheers,
Clive.
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