Sorry Bob.
Mak is indeed "Maksutov", and they come in a couple of popular flavours. Maksutov Cassegrain, and Maksutov Newton. Both are reputed to be excellent.
"SCT" is Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope, Meade & Celestron and others produce them, and again they are good scopes.
Intes Micro is a Maksutov (both) manufacturer, in Russia, and the Intes Micro M503 is a 5" Maksutov Cassegrain, f10 scope.
gary, a 5" scope won't suffer too much from thermal problems, sorry I didn't pick that up in your comment earlier, I'm not familiar with those model numbers. It's probably got a small enough mass in the mirror to act similar to a 4" or 5" refractor.
Bird,
I still think the refractor will cool to ambient better, but the smaller Maks seem to give very good views.
I had an M503 for a while, but it semed to also play second fiddle to the MN76, nothing beats aperture I suppose.
Janokiss, the Intes Micro products will have to be imported, but I can recommend a very good dealer. Yes they will cost more, and in places, significantly more, than the cheaper brands. I have certainly read good reports about some of the cheaper models, it really just depends what you want.
Hi Steve, there's quite a few reviews of Intes Maksutovs on cloudy nights http://www.cloudynights.com/ mainly 6 in versions though. Astronomy and Electronics Centre in Cleve SA import and sell these.
Hi Steve, there's quite a few reviews of Intes Maksutovs on cloudy nights http://www.cloudynights.com/ mainly 6 in versions though. Astronomy and Electronics Centre in Cleve SA import and sell these.
cheers,
Claude does not sell Intes anymore. I emailed him about my MK-67 and his reply was "sorry we don't carry those scopes anymore"
I put my scope against a Tak FS 128 last night. Who won
The seeing and rain did. But the hour we got in my Mak kept up very well.
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