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Question about Antares dobsonians,
Can anyone tell me anything about the reputation of Antares telescopes? I'm
looking at their 10 inch Dobsonian. But I'm also wondering about the quality of their 127 mm refractor. Any input? John. |
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Question about Antares dobsonians,
John Q Public wrote:
Can anyone tell me anything about the reputation of Antares telescopes? I'm looking at their 10 inch Dobsonian. But I'm also wondering about the quality of their 127 mm refractor. Any input? John. http://irwincur.tripod.com/antares_xl_10.htm I think this will be the same (or at least v similar) to Guan Sheng Dobsonian see http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.p...41,283,0,0,1,0 Hope this is useful, P Hobson |
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Question about Antares dobsonians,
"PR Hobson" wrote in message ... John Q Public wrote: Can anyone tell me anything about the reputation of Antares telescopes? I'm looking at their 10 inch Dobsonian. But I'm also wondering about the quality of their 127 mm refractor. Any input? John. http://irwincur.tripod.com/antares_xl_10.htm I think this will be the same (or at least v similar) to Guan Sheng Dobsonian see http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.p...41,283,0,0,1,0 Hope this is useful, P Hobson Thank you very much for these references. I found them very helpful. John. |
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Question about Antares dobsonians,
"John Q Public" wrote in message
. .. Thank you very much for these references. I found them very helpful. John. If you do buy a Dobsonian, get the seller to demonstrate fitting a 2" eyepiece, even if you are buying it for starters with 1 1/4" eyepieces. I bought something similar to what's described, and needed a special sleeve machining because the supplied rack & pinion focuser couldn't deal with a genuine 2" eyepiece. -- M Stewart Milton Keynes, UK -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Question about Antares dobsonians,
"Malcolm Stewart" wrote in message .. . "John Q Public" wrote in message . .. Thank you very much for these references. I found them very helpful. John. If you do buy a Dobsonian, get the seller to demonstrate fitting a 2" eyepiece, even if you are buying it for starters with 1 1/4" eyepieces. I bought something similar to what's described, and needed a special sleeve machining because the supplied rack & pinion focuser couldn't deal with a genuine 2" eyepiece. -- M Stewart Milton Keynes, UK This is not surprising considering what one of the reviews said. However, most now offer a crayford focuser as standard equipment. But then the review says that they had trouble with some 2 inch equipment with the given crayford focuser. Perhaps with the upgrade to the 10:1 Crayford, that I've found offered at "Scopestuff", you might find better luck. I'm only looking at Antares as a possibility right now because they might have a little better optics. Although Orion, which is similarly priced, has a pretty good reputation for that. Plus they should have good, smooth motion. But none of this is going to happen till my financial situation is a bit better, it's just fun to look now, and have the researching footwork done until then. Thanks for the tip, maybe this will have been changed by the time I actually order one. Yours in the service of Yeshua. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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