I noticed the comments about test reports in Australian Sky & Telescope and I thought people would be interested to know what equipment has in fact appeared in test reports in our last 8 issues (my policy as Editor is to run at least 1 test report or book review in each issue).
Aug/Sep 2010: Atik’s 314L+ CCD camera
Oct 2010: Saxon’s 82-deg widefield eyepieces
Nov/Dec 2010: SBIG’s SG-4 Autoguider
Jan 2011: Carina Mobile’s SkyFi wireless telescope controller
Feb/Mar 2011: Apogee’s Alta U9000 CCD camera and Meade’s 8-inch LightSwitch telescope
Apr 2011: Ekinox 4-inch refractor and GoTo mount, Baader Hyperion Mk III Zoom eyepiece, SBIG ST-8300M CCD camera, and William Optics FLT-98 refractor
May/Jun 2011: PlaneWave’s CDK Astrograph
Jul 2011: Book Review
In the Aug/Sep issue (to be mailed in a few days) is the Coronado double-stacked personal solar telescope. In our October issue is Orion’s 10-inch GoTo dob. Down the track is a 14-inch SkyWatcher dob and Explore Scientific’s 6-inch “David Levy Comet Hunter” scope.
There’s a mix of telescope, camera, and accessory reviews across a range of budgets.
An index to all our test reports is here:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com.au/Te...S/Default.aspx
Regards,
Greg