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Old 15-02-2013, 12:44 PM
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50mm scope with 150x zoom!!!

As advertised by CrazySales.com.au

http://www.crazysales.com.au/telesco..._2013-02-15_CD

as in you'd be crazy to buy one.

Also, the brand name on the tube seems to be partly worn away. Reckon "FF" is missing from the end...
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Old 15-02-2013, 12:52 PM
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FOCO = Flat Out Crappy Optics
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Old 15-02-2013, 01:08 PM
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I suppose if it gets some little kid with very little money interested in astronomy, it's not such a bad thing.
There are people out there that cannot afford more.
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Old 15-02-2013, 01:17 PM
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Yeah it is very similar to the red plastic fantastic Tasco I had as a pre-teen, that lead to a 60mm METAL Tasco, then...

But the views through these are dismal, and will probably turn all but the keenest off.
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Old 15-02-2013, 01:21 PM
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To right Colin , I got one of these years ago for a lark but a Celestron branded 50/500 . Exactly the same scops , pretty good optics but crappy mount .
I gave it to my nephew who was interested in astromony and it did indeed start him on this hobby , he now has the full use of my Chromocor'd Saxon 150mm f/8 frak on HEQ5 in NZ and loving it .
Yes a good starting point for $20 and without that little scope he would have missed out . He was a totally broke 13 year old then .
He has since passed it on to someone else .
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I suppose if it gets some little kid with very little money interested in astronomy, it's not such a bad thing.
There are people out there that cannot afford more.
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Old 15-02-2013, 01:48 PM
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It comes with an erecting eyepiece, so it'll be perfectly adequate for spying on the neighbours
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