thanks chris,
just the info I needed - I will not even bother to go and check it out
cheers
gary
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Originally Posted by chris lewis
No it is not a GSO scope. It is from Chinese manufacture called 'Hi optic' [link below]. I have had some dealings with these scopes a year or so back and basically they are best avoided.
The primary issuse was the mirror which is spherical and obviously gave very poor images. An F/4 scope has reasoanably severe coma to start with and they reqiure a well made parabolic mirror - like the one GSO does sell.
Collimation is also crucial with a 'normal' parabolic F/4.
One observer here in NZ exchanged the mirror with a GSO parabolic version with much better results. The aditional cost makes it prohibitive really.
The mount is a GSO Skyview 1 / EQ-3 'clone' which is also at the limit for this 8 inch.
Best to avoid.
http://www.hioptic.com/telescopes/reflector/Newtonian/ |