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60mm - 78mm Refractors
1966 Sears 76mm f/16 Equatorial Refractor - "A Telescope made for Astronomers"
May 18 2010 07:20 AM |
Guido Santacana
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The year was 1966 and the day was the 25th of December. Early that morning I woke up and joined my brother, sister and first cousin in the quest to see what Santa had delivered under the Christmas tree. There was a corrugated cardboard box wit
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Meade 60mm Refractor : Paperweight or Powerhouse?
Apr 20 2010 06:38 AM |
phxbird
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Never go on Ebay if you don't want to spend money! One night I was rooting around to see what great deals I could find. There was a time when I missed out on a $5,000 sports car that I could have bought for $450 had I just looked in the next barn! Do not want to make that mistake again especially when it comes to telescopes. I Saw a Meade 60mm refractor advertised for
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Borg 77ED SWII Ultra Light Refractor
Jan 27 2010 07:22 AM |
JayKSC
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In operation, the focuser movements are smooth provided that heavy diagonals and eyepieces are avoided. With my orthoscopics or plossls combined with a 1.25-inch diagonal, I found the helical focuser provided
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TeleVue 76 Doublet Apochromat Refractor
Jan 15 2010 07:30 AM |
astroneil
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Tele Vue has enjoyed great success throughout the United States as producers of high quality optical products for the discriminating visual observer and more recently for the advanced astro-imager. Even after 30 years, Tele Vue eyepieces are made to a standard by which all other designs are compared and are
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TeleVue 70mm Pronto ED Doublet Refractor
Dec 29 2009 09:42 AM |
Guest
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In March 1993 TeleVue introduced the 70mm "Pronto" ED doublet refractor telescope. Since then, the "Pronto" has become
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Galileoscope
Dec 24 2009 06:55 AM |
Guest
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Also, the Galileoscope arrives as a kit. Assembly is not terribly difficult but not something that I would
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Orion Observer 70mm Equatorial Refractor
Dec 23 2009 09:41 AM |
eros312
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Initial assembly of the scope took about 15 minutes or so and the instruction manual is very well written. Setting up outside takes a minute. Just point the polar axis toward
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Sky-Watcher, USA GreatStart 70AR-AZ2 Refractor Telescope
Dec 22 2009 08:43 AM |
saturn5
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I wanted something light and easy to transport and yet would give me VG views of brighter double stars, brighter planets, the moon and of the brighter deep sky objects
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Konus KJ-6 60mm Refractor
Dec 16 2009 09:41 AM |
Guest
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The optics are not that bad. I wasn't expecting much, but the objective is actually pretty decent. The achromatic objective is 60mm diameter with an 800mm
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Meade ETX60 AT
Dec 15 2009 07:33 AM |
Zamboni
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Optically, the telescope is quite good. The objective has very good multi-coatings. A star test revealed a tiny trace of undercorrection and
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