Cheap Refractor

Started by terrylloydsmith, 03/10/2004 01:45AM
Posted 03/10/2004 01:45AM Opening Post
Hello to all,
Just to change the subject I purchased a very nice performing 70mm f10 achromat refractor a couple months ago from a gentleman here on Astromart and I want to say it's performance is quite good. Amazingly good, especially for the $75 I spent for it. It's an Orion AZ70 f10 refractor. Saturn at 100x to 125x is suprisingly well defined. Cassini division very bold, equatorial cloud band and dark polar area easily viewed as is the shadow cast by the sphere. Venus is quite good but it has typical CA. For a cheap scope it is very nice.

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Posted 03/11/2004 04:04AM #1
Hi Terry,

Sounds like win-win situation. Glad you like the mighty little scope - may it give you many more satisfying moments...