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It would be nice if he joined the forum and do a first light report.
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I have two friends with Takahashi TOA150 refractors. One of those also has a Mewlon 300. I have been advising and mentoring another as he entered astronomy. He wanted to buy a 2nd hand FOA60 to which I put a rapid stop. I have finderscopes with better optics. For less than the sellers price of the FOA60, I pointed him to a Mewlon 180C that was about $200 cheaper. He is very happy with that, much happier than he would have been with the FOA60.
The TOA150 refractors are very fine instruments.
Either of my friends TOA 150 refractors would make an excellent finder scope for my 18 inch reflector.
You can read a comparison report between one of the TOA150's and my 6" Newtonian reflector here
https://joe-cali.com/astronomy/articles ... ctors.html
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The TS65mm triplet has been on my list for a long time, but I ended up eventually with a
I remember first time going to Tokyo, seeing unboxing of a new FS60Q..beautiful scope. Just can't compared to here, lineups of white tubes.
I settled down with an FC60NZ though. Taks just have that solid build quality, and really. If I have chance I would like to get an older TS just to compare since they have not changed things for years!
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Nice comparison Joe!OzEclipse wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:27 am
You can read a comparison report between one of the TOA150's and my 6" Newtonian reflector here
https://joe-cali.com/astronomy/articles ... ctors.html
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OzEclipse wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:27 am I am surrounded by Takahashi optics. The people I do most of my observing with all own one or more Takahashi OTA's.
I have two friends with Takahashi TOA150 refractors. One of those also has a Mewlon 300. I have been advising and mentoring another as he entered astronomy. He wanted to buy a 2nd hand FOA60 to which I put a rapid stop. I have finderscopes with better optics. For less than the sellers price of the FOA60, I pointed him to a Mewlon 180C that was about $200 cheaper. He is very happy with that, much happier than he would have been with the FOA60.
The TOA150 refractors are very fine instruments.
Either of my friends TOA 150 refractors would make an excellent finder scope for my 18 inch reflector.
You can read a comparison report between one of the TOA150's and my 6" Newtonian reflector here
https://joe-cali.com/astronomy/articles ... ctors.html
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The FOA-60 example we looked through was not bad. It is the only FOA we've looked through so we don't know if it was a bad example or typical of the FOA-60 but it was no better, probably worse, than a small cheap Chinese ED and not as good as a Takahashi 11x70mm finderscope that was on site.
However another friend of mine in Brisbane has the FS-60 and it has beautiful optics. I would make the point that although a 60mm refractor is very portable, it is very limited in both light grasp and resolution. People often wrongly judge the "quality" of small refractors by the fact that they can see perfect diffraction rings around stars. This is because the diffraction rings from a small
If you can go for a bigger
Here is a table of light grasp, relative to a 60mm
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OK, thanks.OzEclipse wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 10:54 pmThe FOA-60 example we looked through was not bad. It is the only FOA we've looked through so we don't know if it was a bad example or typical of the FOA-60 but it was no better, probably worse, than a small cheap Chinese ED and not as good as a Takahashi 11x70mm finderscope that was on site.
However another friend of mine in Brisbane has the FS-60 and it has beautiful optics. I would make the point that although a 60mm refractor is very portable, it is very limited in both light grasp and resolution. People often wrongly judge the "quality" of small refractors by the fact that they can see perfect diffraction rings around stars. This is because the diffraction rings from a smallaperture are very big and therefore more prominent than in bigger instruments. Spending a bundle on a small refractor does not a largeraperture make. Applications are very limited. You can look at the Moon, a handful of brighter clusters. Visible detail on planets is very limited.
If you can go for a biggeraperture then do. Most importantly, decide what you want to do with your telescope, where your interests lie, and buy a telescope suited to those interests.
Here is a table of light grasp, relative to a 60mmaperture .
Cheers
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I have seen the results of this disease, a club member drives a 26 year old Chevy Malibu.
When he opens the trunk it is filled with Taks and high end
His wife gave him a choice, new car or Taks...
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very nice and portable scope , clear sky's , thx .
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