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Originally Posted by Kunama
Don’t believe everything you hear Bill, I think Daniel in Adelaide is very happy with his.
The problem with all the banter in USA is that people want to pay Skywatcher ED $$$$ and then expect Takahashi TOA performance. It’s not long ago that a 6” achromatic cost more than these EDs are going for....
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Yep.... still very happy with mine. As Matt suggests, don't believe too much about what you read. Many people often provide opinions about what they heard or read on a forum post as opposed to what they have actually owned and used
Had mine out again on Saturday night for a quick session looking at Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and the moon (albeit close to full moon). I even bumped up magnification to a stupid 600x (5 XW plus 2.5 Powermate) and certainly could see the polar cap on mars and dark shading on Mars.
I purchased this scope realising that it is a sub $3,000 6 inch ED/apo..... its closest equivalent would be the APM/Lunt 152ED which would be close to $5k delivered in Australia. As for a TOA150, which I would really love to own..... well I don't think you would get much change from $20k
Here is the old link from when I purchased the scope...
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...d.php?t=168486
Cheers
Daniel