I was always under the impression that they were named after the Amateur Astronomers Supply Company, the former trading name of Astro Optical Supplies. They were of good quality and a fair bit cheaper than their Unitron's and probably were a mixture of Towa, Carton, Tasco etc. A bit like Bintel who rebadge various telescopes from over the water.
Last edited by UniPol; 21-06-2015 at 09:44 AM.
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