Evostar 150, helios / Tal i believe

Good Day Chaps

I decided upon another refractor and wonderd if any of you have had
practical experiecne with the above mentioned scope, and, if helios
scopes are actually Tal's re-branded ?

Many Thanks

Robert Geake

Robert Geake wrote:
Good Day Chaps
I decided upon another refractor and wonderd if any of you have had
practical experiecne with the above mentioned scope, and, if helios
scopes are actually Tal's re-branded ?
Many Thanks
Robert Geake

Not as far as I know Robert. The TAL is Russian made, the Helios (et al), are Chinese (Synta made
??)

I have a Helios 200mm F5 and Im very pleased with it.

DH

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Robert Geake wrote:
Good Day Chaps
I decided upon another refractor and wonderd if any of you have had
practical experiecne with the above mentioned scope, and, if helios
scopes are actually Tal's re-branded ?
Many Thanks
Robert Geake

Not as far as I know Robert. The TAL is Russian made, the Helios (et al),
are Chinese (Synta made
??)

I have a Helios 200mm F5 and Im very pleased with it.

DH

Yes Tal is Russian and they have an official website
http://www.telescopes.ru/ I have a Tal 100R and find it excellent for
planetary work. The mount is OK but not brilliant, but the optics are good.
It's a well made piece of equipment (the only plastic on mine are the lens/
eyepiece dust covers!)

Martin

Robert Geake wrote:

Good Day Chaps

I decided upon another refractor and wonderd if any of you have had
practical experiecne with the above mentioned scope, and, if helios
scopes are actually Tal's re-branded ?

Many Thanks

Robert Geake

I thought your Tal had already given you a bloody good hiding before
its demise - and now you're thinking about another one...

Cheers

Martin

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Martin Frey
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 18:27:37 +0100, Martin Frey
wrote:

Robert Geake wrote:

Good Day Chaps

I decided upon another refractor and wonderd if any of you have had
practical experiecne with the above mentioned scope, and, if helios
scopes are actually Tal's re-branded ?

Many Thanks

Robert Geake

I thought your Tal had already given you a bloody good hiding before
its demise - and now you're thinking about another one...

Cheers

Martin

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Martin Frey
N 51 02 E 0 47
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Surley did,

But hey needs must and i NEED a refractor for planetary and starwork.
Seeing as i already had a 4" i guessed i may as well get a 6".
Its a close call between a celestron c6r 150 or the helios150.
Was looking at a vixen like Mr Laurence has but its a bit dear!

Maybe even go for a 80mm high quality one.....

Rob

Rob,

The celestron C6r 150 and the helios150 are the same scope. However
Celestron have brought out a better tripod (though the same mount) in their
advanced series. From what I heard, these scopes are nice for deep sky views
but when it comes to planetary observing, the views are plagued by chromatic
abberation-violet halos.

You might want your old Tal back!



Surley did,

But hey needs must and i NEED a refractor for planetary and starwork.
Seeing as i already had a 4" i guessed i may as well get a 6".
Its a close call between a celestron c6r 150 or the helios150.
Was looking at a vixen like Mr Laurence has but its a bit dear!

Maybe even go for a 80mm high quality one.....

Rob




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