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Old 24-08-2011, 07:45 AM
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In defense of the Saxon,

I've had one. Their current scope is an entirely different design to the Skywatcher.
Mine was also much more strongly constructed (- and it was a fair bit heavier.)
The Saxons now have a fixed mirror, and separate focusser, so they don't get mirror flop, and they are 8 inches, not 7 like the sky-watcher.
The smaller Saxon Maks are pretty ordinary, but their 8 is a good scope which give very good views.
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