Astro2000 telescopes ?

These are being advertised on a regular basis on Ebay and other sites.

Anyone have any idea what the optical quality is like ? 

They look pretty cheap (102mm Achromatic for under £300)  but are they 
just cheap and nasty ?

T.

date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 20:11:48 -0000 author: Tony Gartshore

Re: Astro2000 telescopes ?

Hi Tony,

Dont know anything about the scopes or company but you can get a Skywatcher 
102 with a mount for £219, a 120mm for £279 
(http://www.modernastronomy.com/telescopes_swRefractors.htm)

Regards


Ian

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These are being advertised on a regular basis on Ebay and other sites.

Anyone have any idea what the optical quality is like ?

They look pretty cheap (102mm Achromatic for under £300)  but are they
just cheap and nasty ?

T.

date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 23:35:01 -0000 author: Ian Piper

Re: Astro2000 telescopes ?

In article , ip0800@NOSPAM.yahoo.co.uk 
says...
> Hi Tony,
> 
> Dont know anything about the scopes or company but you can get a Skywatcher 
> 102 with a mount for £219, a 120mm for £279 
> (http://www.modernastronomy.com/telescopes_swRefractors.htm)
> 
> Regards
> 

Thanks for the heads up Ian...

I'll take a look..

T.

date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 18:56:57 -0000 author: Tony Gartshore