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Hi,
About a year ago i started out with a cheap ebay scope that worked well enough to get me interested in telescopes. I ended up buying an old york skyrover n200 scope with a gazer equatorial mount for a couple hundred. Its focal length is 800mm. I havent used it very much but have been trying to learn how to align it properly and find objects with Dec/RA, as usual, too much cloud lately to perfect this stuff :/

I wanted to ask if anyone here knows anything about this scope/brand and have had any experience with them. I know they aren't around anymore. I haven't used any others to compare to see if mine's just an old piece of crap or if its half decent. Seems stable enough, just curious about the optic quality and if age affects it.

I'm considering buying something a bit better with the potential to try a bit of photography later on but for now finding out how this old thing rates will help me decide if i should upgrade the scope first or keep it a bit longer and invest in a tracking capable mount and get a better tube later.

Thanks
Here's a couple pics