Telescopes

Charge of the "Light" Brigade.

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

Patience is only a word. Waiting for the experience of high quality imaging with the FRC-300 from Takahashi tested my ability to endure long days of waiting. Was the 7 months waiting for delivery from Japan worth it?

Moving from a 6 inch sky cannon to a 12 inch sky cannon

Its has been 20 years since the Dobsonian revolution, are the new scopes and optics any better? And what does it take to get a manufacturer to lend you a telescope to review?

A beginner takes a chance on a clearance sale Table Top reflector. The scope is cute. The price is right. But, does it work?

This 'Hawk gives its new owner a stellar performance!

Intes Micro Alter M500 5” f/10 Maksutov-Cassegrain: $ 525 (used) Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 apochromatic refractor: $ 450 (used) Celestron AS-GT GOTO equatorial mount: $ 500 (used) Carrying Handle on the M500 OTA: Priceless There are some things money can’t buy. For everything else there’s Astromart.

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.

Here is the long awaited review on my scope.

A lot of scope for the money, but neglect of little details means some extra work.

The Rodney Dagnerfield of the telescope world (I just can't get no respect).