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[JSMITH67]

Seen a Konus Konusmotor 114mm f900 reflector. Anybody familiar with the name? Thanks. 

[dmgriff]

Konus was founded in Italy, 1979. The products are rebranded chinese made items. The Konusmotor 114/900 is a standard asian 4.5in f/8 spherical newtonian (with a included ra box drive).

 

UK vendor remarks 

https://uk-telescope...nus-telescopes/

 

Probably made by Synta or JOC. Same as Celestron, Tasco, Meade, etc. in build and quality.

 

Good viewing,

 

Dave

Edited by dmgriff, 25 January 2023 - 09:47 AM.

[Paul Sweeney]

Konus has been available in Germany for ages. Not as common as Bresser, but still a well known name.

[JSMITH67]

Thank you

[azure1961p]

I thought KONUS was strictly spotting scopes. Pete

[John Huntley]

I thought KONUS was strictly spotting scopes. Pete

I had a Konus 150mm F/8 refractor way back. It was exactly the same as the Skywatcher 150 F/8 except it was a bright orange/yellow colour. It was a decent example of that type of scope though and really rather cheap 

Edited by John Huntley, 27 January 2023 - 08:25 PM.