Refractors

To a person who'd known only an alt-az mounted 60mm dept. store scope with plastic Ramsden and Huygens .965" eyepieces, the AstroView 90 seemed like a piece of heaven.

Quality at a Very Reasonable Level Price

A beginner's perspective

Charge of the "Light" Brigade.

The TMB-Designed telescope from APM, mated to the Aries Chromacor

This 'Hawk gives its new owner a stellar performance!

Two brothers meet on a dark night...

A Binoviewer-Friendly Adaptation of the Stellarvue SV80/9D

Very nicely filling a big hole between the affordable small refractors and the very expensive 130mm triplets.

The TeleVue-76 is a substantial upgrade in comparison to my older TeleVue Pronto. The TeleVue-76 is one of the finest small scopes available.

If you have an 80mm WO Megrez or ZenithStar refractor (or compatible other model), but now find yourself with APO Fever, here's your chance to upgrade to an APO Fluorite Doublet.

A 105mm APO with Rings, a 2" Dielectric diagonal, a red dot finder and a nice case for under $2000.00.

With children, busy schedules, and long drives to dark skies, many of us want the ideal grab and go scope for quick backyard observing. The new Celestron NexStar 102 SLT comes very close to achieving the goal of a decent aperture, lightweight, easy to use telescope. It falls short in a few but easy correctable ways.

Nicknamed the "Sparrow Hawk" this little refractor was designed to be the best 50mm finder on the market. But this little raptor has spread its wings and for many has become a travel scope, guide scope, spotting scope and so much more!