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Tele-Vue Cost - Justified?
Why is the Tele-Vue Ranger so expensive? It is very close to the price of a
six inch Celestron refractor. I have a Ranger (white barrel from several years ago) and I know it is very nice, but I always assumed that a Celestron refractor in the six inch range would be much more expensive. So would I be disappointed with the increase in viewing quality (planets, lunar, and Messier list) if I went to a Celestron C6-R? -- George S. Gray Registered Patent Attorney Frost Bank Office Center Suite 200 Corpus Christi, Texas, 78411 361-855-8989 800-436-2544 Fax: 361-855-6069 |
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"George S. Gray" wrote in
: Why is the Tele-Vue Ranger so expensive? It is very close to the price of a six inch Celestron refractor. I have a Ranger (white barrel from several years ago) and I know it is very nice, but I always assumed that a Celestron refractor in the six inch range would be much more expensive. So would I be disappointed with the increase in viewing quality (planets, lunar, and Messier list) if I went to a Celestron C6-R? The Celestron will probably have a lot more false colour than the Televue.You could fix that by buying one of Valery Deryuzhin's Chromacorrs. http://www.apm-us.com/amateur/chromacorr.htm Trouble is, they cost about US $600. Still, a Synta 6"er plus Chromacorr is a lot cheaper than a genuine 6" APO. (Note that the Celestron refractor is just a rebadged Synta). You have to order the right type of Chromacorr to match the spherical aberation error present in the particular Synta scope (the Chromacor corrects the spherical aberation as well as the false colour but remember it is for visual use only - not designed for photography). Llanzlan. -- George S. Gray Registered Patent Attorney Frost Bank Office Center Suite 200 Corpus Christi, Texas, 78411 361-855-8989 800-436-2544 Fax: 361-855-6069 |
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