TS Optics 10" f/4 Imaging Newtonian Telescope

[manic_dave]

Does anyone have this scope?

Im thinking of buying it.

what i want to know is if its any good for images and what its like for viewing

[bmitchell82]

to be honest with you the actual mirror would be liken to a GSO F4 mirror (GSO use teleskop shop for their RC's mirrors. plus they look very similar to a Astrotek/GSO CF tube newt).

The only thing that they have added is a 2" ASA or Keller corrector which is about 7-800 AUD.

Look at the orion optics CT range with a high end mirror and buying the corrector to suite its approximately the same price and specs but at alot higher quality

Brendan

[manic_dave]

This one?

looks way more expensive

http://www.teleskop-express.de/shop/product_info.php/info/p2549_Orion-UK-Carbon-Newtonian-CT10---250mm-F-4-8---Deluxe-version.html

[TrevorW]

GSO should have the 10" F4 CF here by JUne according to Andrews I wonder how they will go and the price should only be about $1000 I'd say based on the Orion (US) prices

[bmitchell82]

your paying for a 500 dollars cheap Carbon fibre tube. you still have to buy a decent corrector, throw the focuser at somebody you don't like driving at about 150km/h and then get a decent one (3-800 dollars), sort out the secondary spider (are you good in the machine shop?) and the primary cell (200 dollars and then you have to fit it). then you might be getting to a decent kinda telescope with average mass produced optics :)

Dave you have to remember that it has 17% VAT on it

go to http://www.orionoptics.co.uk/CT/ctrangeand%28ota%29t.html and you don't have to pay the 300 odd dollars to telescope optics.

Trust me that this is far better than the one you initially sent though. If your just starting out it might be a wise word to start with something a fair bit smaller unless you have people that know what they are doing around you.

Do also factor in you will need OAG (3-500 dollars) as the tubes flex and no carbon fibre doesn't delete this issue, also you will need a set of high quality collimation tools (250 dollars). no a laser or any permutation of a laser will not be good enough look at auto collimator's as a minimum, a sight tube and a Cheshire eye piece other wise your just wasting your time pretty much.

Getting a newt working as it should isn't just going down to your local corner store and picking one up. With floating optics unlike RC's and the like that you can lock down the primary and the secondarys move readily.

Here (http://brendanmitchell.net/?page_id=213) is the beginnings of a guide that i have written in relation to setting up cheap dobs/newts for AP. This includes the telescope your asking about. The guide is at the bottom of the page

[TrevorW]

Hi Brendan

Everyone derided the GSO RC's at first but they have proved to be value for money

Hopefully GSO have learned from their RC and produce a decent CF Newt

Time will tell

Cheers

[bmitchell82]

Value for money that they are :) but there is only so much value gets you :D Is what I guess i'm saying :D