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Suprising Unitron 2.4" f11 Refractor Performance

Started by tomrod, 03/01/2003 07:20AM
Posted 03/01/2003 07:20AM Opening Post
I just picked up a Unitron 60mm x 700mm fl guidescope refractor. It's a pretty little thing with a pair of mounting rings and a 9mm 0.965 cross hair eyepiece.

I had a chance to take a quick look at M42, Saturn and Jupiter tonight and was very pleasantly surprised. I only have the one eyepiece so everything was at 78x. The stars were really pinpoints. There was just a little color on Jupiter that was hardly noticeable, but everything else was perfect. Everything was small compared to my other scopes, but I could see the Cassini division on Saturn and bits of detail on Jupiter's stripes. I had no idea how well this tiny scope would perform. I am hopelessly hooked on refractors.

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Posted 03/03/2003 02:23PM #1
Welcome to the club, Tom. I love my old 60mm f/13 Jason (Tasco), too.

I get a weird kick out of seeing just how much (or how deep) a 50mm or 60mm aperture can show.

Feel free to share your future Unitron adventures.

Best wishes.
Dan