"RMOLLISE" wrote in message
Hi:

I try to keep my eyes open vis-a-vis the equipment scene...and not just
pay attention to my own little "beat," the SCT/MCTs and other compound
scopes. But I didn't know Takahashi had ever produced Newtonians. Can
you expand on this?

Here's some photos of most of Takahashi's scopes:
http://www.pbase.com/gesc/takahashi_telescope&page=all

Ed T.