Takahashi .. On a budget..Maybe

[Hans Tucker]

Takahashi budget orthoscopic eyepiece?? Odd .. these are advertised on the Takahashi America website but no mention on the Takahashi Japan website.

https://www.takahashiamerica.com/starbase-or-9-mm-ep.html

[UniPol]

Also https://www.takahashiamerica.com/starbase-80-achromatic-telescope-w-tripod.html

[N1]

There is hot debate on this happening over on CN, which has even seen a thread locked. tl;dr: the Starbase is sold in some places, but not made, by Takahashi, and the same might apply to these eyepieces. User reports suggest this equipment is of solid quality if a bit costly, and, arguably, dated.

[dannat]

yes being sold in the tak walk in starbase store to get people into astronomy, as an introduction but not a takahashi branded product, apparently japan made so should be of decent quality

i wouldn’t mind the altaz mount, -pity not avail separately

[Rainmaker]

Made by Scopetech for the Scopetown and Starbase outlets....
Only thing Takahashi is the colour of the paint on mount and OTA

[Tropo-Bob]

It nice to see a 14mm & 20mm Orthos amongst the offering. That the first time that I have ever seen Orthos in those focal lenghts.