Discovery Mars Scope

Hi All,

Just received my 8" F-8 Mars Scope from Discovery. I'm planning on doing a review of this scope as soon as I can. The weather here in MD has not been cooperative this weekend--at least when I've had the opportunity to observe. I've been observing for a few years now, with all of the major types of scopes (refractor, mak-cass, newtonian) and have come to enjoy the newt's--they're klutz-proof!--and give great views. This scope is going to be used as my planetary/quick-look scope, to complement my 16" Nightsky Truss Dob.

I've had absolutely no problem with Discovery with my order. I placed my order on Tuesday, Aug. 19, and received the scope on Friday, Aug. 29. Everything was intact and in great condition--in fact the scope & base seemed over-packed, but I'm not complaining!

So far, the base is very well-made, and smooth to operate. The little amount of required assembly was a breeze. Just need to take her out and give her a spin. More to follow.

Jeff Pleines

Jeff, you might also want to take a look at the Discovery Telescopes forum on Astromart for other owner impressions (and tweaks) of the 8" f/8. I've made a few changes on mine in the way of improvement, and am quite pleased with it's performance. (none of the changes were absolutely critical, with the exception of relocating the mirror forward a bit so that a couple of my eyepieces would come to focus I've been getting some great views of tight doubles and also Mars. I'm looking forward to viewing Jupiter and Saturn with this scope..