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A Wocket in My Pocket: The Tele Vue 70 mm Ranger
[User Review]  | 04/17/03 | by Brian Tung

My birthday was earlier this month (September), and my wife Debby’s gift to me was a trip to Woodland Hills, the local scope/camera store, with a budget of. . .

Astreya-76 Refractor
[User Review]  | 01/14/06 | by Sergey Golotvin

Russian optical excellence and Japanese craftsmanship combined. . .

Astro-Tech 66 Refractor
[User Review]  | 09/11/07 | by Terry Alford

I have observed with the AT 66 many times the last couple of months and it has always been a joy to use both day and night.. . .

Borg 76ED Refractor
[User Review]  | 12/11/05 | by Mauro Da Lio

I bought this little APO in Spring 2002 to replace a Konus Vista 80 mm F/5. . .

Borg 76ED Refractor
[User Review]  | 12/11/05 | by Mauro Da Lio

I bought this little APO in Spring 2002 to replace a Konus Vista 80 mm F/5. . .

Borg 76ED Refractor
[User Review]  | 01/03/06 | by Simon Chung

The Borg 76ED is a scope with fine optics, superb portability and unmatched configurability. . .

Carl Wetzlar 60 mm Refractor
[User Review]  | 05/17/03 | by Daniel W. Rickey, Ph.D.

The phrase “department store telescope” is used in a derogatory way in many telescope reviews and in the odd advertisement. It is implied that such a teles. . .

Celestron Power Seeker 70mm Refractor
[User Review]  | 07/06/06 | by Daniel W. Rickey, Ph.D.

The Celestron Power Seeker 70 mm F/13 refractor: overall it’s an interesting looking telescope. . . .

Eagle Optics Firstscope 70 Alt-Az
[User Review]  | 04/14/00 | by Steve Peterson

This scope is basically the same scope as the Celestron Firstscope 70. Focal length is the same at 900mm. With only 2 differences, that I can tell. One, th. . .

ETX 70 version 15.03.03
[User Review]  | 04/26/03 | by Michiel Claessen

After a break of almost twenty years I took up astronomy as a hobby again some years ago. My main observing instruments are a Vixen BT-80 binocular telesco. . .

Konus 70mm vs Ranger 70mm
[User Review]  | 01/01/06 | by Stanley Yen

A Tale of Two Refractors. . .

Leica APO-Televid 77 A sturdy widefield refractor you shouldn’t overlook
[User Review]  | 04/17/03 | by Nikhil Joshi

Leica is well known for their outstanding cameras and many in the amateur astronomy community swear by their binocular line. Leica’s optics provide some of. . .

Meade DS2070 Refractor
[User Review]  | 09/24/03 | by Jason Durrant

I set the declination to 0 by undoing the knob on the side of the fork arm and then tighten it up once the scale showed 0, and then I pointed the scope nor. . .

Opus and the Wocket: Round One (In the City) A Comparison between the Celestron C5+ and the Tele Vue Ranger
[Shootout]  | 09/29/00 | by Brian Tung

As many of you know, I observe primarily with Opus, my 5-inch SCT, but recently I purchased a used Tele Vue Ranger, which I reviewed separately here. Some . . .

PENTAX 75 EDHF
[User Review]  | 04/17/03 | by Dan DuBal

My first telescope was (ahem) a Skilcraft 40mm Newtonian, a childhood birthday present from my parents. Though hampered by a second-surface rectangular dia. . .

Pentax 75mm SDHF Refractor
[User Review]  | 08/04/05 | by Boris Stromar

The Pentax 75mm SDHF is put through it’s paces both visually and for photos.. . .

Skylux 70mm f/10 Refractor
[User Review]  | 12/22/05 | by Jeffrey Bout

The Skylux 70mm F/10 refractor telescope is sold once or twice per year in a big low budget supermarket all over Europe. . .

Small Scope Impressions
[Shootout]  | 01/29/04 | by Rich Harper

I’ve owned or used a number of small scopes in the past few years. With the interest in small scopes we have on the forum, either for a good starter scope . . .

Small Wonder: The Meade ETX-60 AT
[User Review]  | 09/27/03 | by Rod Mollise

Well, I just couldn’t resist the allure of an ETX-60, Meade’s little-bitty goto scope, for $197.00 US$ (from the U.S. retailer, Wal-Mart). This small scope. . .

Stellarvue F50 Finder Scope
[User Review]  | 01/01/06 | by Preston Smith

First Light with the F50 Finder AKA Sparrow Hawk. . .

Takahashi FC-60 Fluorite Apochromat
[User Review]  | 04/17/03 | by Keith Molkner

For some time now I’ve been searching for the right small refractor to complement my ten-inch Teleport reflector. The key attributes sought were excellent . . .

Takahashi FCT-76
[User Review]  | 09/27/03 | by Steve Foltz

I saw this scope on the Anacortes website and knew right away it would be special – a compact 3″ triplet apochromat refractor that can be used for very wid. . .

Takahashi FS-60C F/5.9 APO Refractor
[User Review]  | 04/17/03 | by David A. Novoselsky

Since my last telescope review for this site was a comparison of the AP and Takahahsi 6″ APOs, I thought, ‘now, for something completely different’ – a 2.3. . .

Tele Vue 76
[User Review]  | 04/17/03 | by Neale Monks

I ordered the scope from Astronomics to be delivered to my host in the US, partly for convenience but also to make some very real savings on cost. The same. . .

Tele Vue Pronto
[User Review]  | 08/07/04 | by Aaron McNeely

This article is a sequel to my previous Cloudy Nights article titled “The Tele Vue Pronto and the Living Star Atlas” published in March 2003. I will descri. . .

Tele Vue Pronto and the Celestron 102mm F/5
[User Review]  | 10/11/01 | by Wing Eng

I have previously reported in August of this year, via my cloudynights article/with gratitude to Allister St. Claire, on the Celestron 102mm f/5 Short Achr. . .

Tele Vue Ranger
[User Review]  | 12/31/05 | by Oldfield So

A Complete Review of the Tele Vue Ranger. . .

TeleVue Ranger
[User Review]  | 04/17/03 | by So King Yan Oldfield

The wide field capability allows me to find objects very easily, essentially equivalent to find objects with a finder, but you can crank up the magnificati. . .

Televue-60 APO
[User Review]  | 02/04/04 | by Randy Roy

The scope itself weighs about 3 lbs. Add to that a 1.25” Everbright diagonal, 2-4mm Nagler zoom and an 8-24mm click-stop zoom and you are up to 4 lbs. My c. . .

The Orion Observer 70
[User Review]  | 04/17/03 | by Jerome Bigge

The OTA is a 70mm F10 (700mm). The interior of the tube is both blackened and baffled, but the baffles do not cover any of the view of the objective from t. . .

The William Optics Zenithstar: 66mm f/7 ED Triplet Apochromatic Refractor
[User Review]  | 10/07/05 | by Ethan Kalemjian

William Optics is one of astronomy’s younger players, but over the past few years they have developed a solid reputation for building small, high-quality. . .

TV 76 and TV Pronto
[User Review]  | 12/18/05 | by Aaron McNeely

I became interested in small refractors after observing with a TeleVue-85 at the 2000 Riverside Telescope Maker’s Conference.. . .

Unitron 60 mm Refractor
[User Review]  | 06/10/04 | by Daniel W. Rickey, Ph.D.

Unitron (Figure 1) started making telescopes in 1952 and for many years was ÒtheÓ telescope for the serious amateur. One of us (RG) received a Unitron in . . .

William Optcs 66mm SD and 66mm Petzval
[User Review]  | 02/11/07 | by Tim Wetherell

Optics 66mm SD apo vs. 66mm Petzval Semi-apo. . .

William Optics Megrez 72FD
[User Review]  | 01/15/08 | by Eddy Ciliendo

In the recent years small achromatic refractors (APOs) have had a tremendous raise in popularity caused by affordable prices and an increasing interest . . .

William Optics Zenithstar 66
[User Review]  | 11/10/05 | by Brent Oliver

About six months ago I was in the market for a very nice and very portable wide field refractor, I was looking at brands like the Tele-Vue TV-60 and the Ta. . .

William Optics Zenithstar 66mm ED
[User Review]  | 01/05/06 | by Chauveau Mathieu

The scope was bought in a French store, in a package which seems different than those offered in the US. . .

William Optics Zenithstar 66mm ED
[User Review]  | 01/05/06 | by Chauveau Mathieu

The scope was bought in a French store, in a package which seems different than those offered in the US. . .

William Optics Zenithstar Ferrari Telescope
[User Review]  | 08/28/07 | by Peter Pulles

William Optics Zenithstar 70 Ferrari Scope. . .

ZenithStar 66mm ED APO
[User Review]  | 12/19/05 | by R.J. Waldman

As an avid camper/hiker/traveler, I’m always on the lookout for a good travel scope that will go absolutely anywhere. . .

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