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Optrons 8" 800-203 Reflector
Hi all
Is the Optrons 8" 800-203 Reflector a decent telescope or not ?? any comments please TIA |
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"**max_rebo**" wrote:
Is the Optrons 8" 800-203 Reflector a decent telescope or not ?? any comments please It looks like it's an f/4 scope. Newtonian telescopes with "fast" focal ratios (f/4 is fast) are harder to manufacture than longer focal ratios and suffer from aberrations of the image, particularly coma near the edge of field (stars are no longer dots, but become kind of seagull shaped). I would not expect it to perform well, but I've not looked through one. Tim -- This is not my signature. |
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I saw Optrons scopes on Ebay a few months ago, I sent them an email asking
for some background on the company and where I could find reviews of the scopes and got nothing back - I guess that says something! I also posted a question here, one kind chap said that he had purchased a telescopic site from them which seemed ok but he couldn't vouch for the telescopes. I have not managed to find anything by doing internet searches apart from loads of auctions sites selling the scopes! It sounds like a good deal but until I can get good evidence i'm not going to touch :-) If you do find anything i'd be interested to see it. Cheers, Chris. |
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I have not managed to find anything by doing internet searches apart from
loads of auctions sites selling the scopes! Yep same here. The only info I can find is on www.optrons.com which funnly enough the same info as all the auctions. |
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I would leave well alone if I were you, given that they cant be bothered to
reply to my questions (and i've send 2 or 3 over a few weeks) its obvious that they are not exactly proud of their products / have no positive reviews to share. C |
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