Telescope Review Master List

Can't find the scope review you're looking for? Look it up in the master list below. Reviews without dates are pre-12/98 Some scopes go under many different names (Alternate names in parenthesis) Updated 3/30/08
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REFLECTORS

Reflector Astro Sky 10" f/5.6 Dobsonian 2/11/05 Celestron C6 Celestron C4.5 Celestron Cometron 90 mm Celestron 8" Starhopper Dobsonian 6/27/99 Celestron 8" G8N (Hybrid Newtonian) 1/31/01 Celestron NexStar 114 (Hybrid Newtonian) 10/10/03 Coulter 13.1" Dobsonian Discovery 12.5" Truss Dob 7/16/01 DGM Optics 4.0" Off-Axis Newtonian 11/20/00 DGM Optics 5.5" Off-Axis Newtonian 3/26/99 Edmund Scientific Astroscan 11/20/06 Edmund Scientific 4.25" f/10.6 Reflector 3/30/08 Mag 1 Instruments 12.5" Portaball Mag 1 Instruments 8" Portaball Meade 10" Starfinder Dobsonian Meade 6" Starfinder Equatorial Meade 6" Starfinder Dobsonian 1/2/99 Meade 6" f/8 Model #591 Meade DS10 Meade 12" Starfinder Dobsonian Meade 16" Starfinder Dobsonian 1/2/02 Meade 16" Starfinder Equatorial 1/2/02 Night Sky Structure 5/20/02 20" Obsession 10/17/99 18" Obsession 7/30/01 36" Obsession 9/20/01 Orion -U.K.- Europa 8" f/6 Orion XT4.5 4.5" f/8 Dob 2/1/02 Orion XT6 6" f/8 Dob 12/4/00 Orion XT8 8" f/6 Dob 3/31/00 Orion XT10 10" f/5 Dob 2/1/02 Orion XT10 Intelliscope 4/11/04 Orion Premium Deep Space Explorer 12.5" Dob 5/20/99 Orion Premium Deep Space Explorer 16" Dob Orion Starblast Dob 8/1/03 (Edmund) Scientifics Astroscan 11/20/06 Sovietski 6" f/8 (TAL-2) 3/10/00 Sky Designs 24" Dobsonian Starmaster 7" f/5.6 Oak Classic Starmaster 10" EL Dobsonian 10/4/99 Starmaster 11" EL Dobsonian 12/4/00 Starmaster 11" ELT "Shorty" 5/20/02 Starmaster 12.5" EL Dobsonian 1/12/01 Starmaster 14.5" Dobsonian 9/5/01 Starmaster 22" Dobsonian 1/1/02 TAL-2 6" f/8 (Sovietski 6" f/8) 3/10/00 Takahashi Epsilon 200 3/08/99

REFRACTORS

Refractor Astro-Physics Stowaway 7/9/99 Astro-Physics Stowaway, Version 2 2/11/05 Astro-Physics Traveler Astro-Physics Star 12 ED Astro-Physics AP130 f/8 EDT Astro-Physics AP130 f/6 2/1/02 Astro-Physics AP155 EDFS Astro-Physics AP180 f/7 EDT 9/6/00 Brandon 80 mm Master Birder Carton 60 mm f/7 Carton 4" f/13 5/15/00 Celestron FS80WA (Orion Short Tube 80) Celestron C102ED Celestron C102HD Celestron 102 mm f/5 (Skywatcher 4" f/5) 5/15/00 Celestron CR150 (Skywatcher 6" f/8) 11/23/99 Meade #390/ #395 90 mm 12/8/98 Meade #226 60 mm Meade 102ACHR/500 Meade 102APO/500 3/22/99 Meade 152ED 6" ED 4/27/99 Meade 178ED 7" ED Meade ETX60AT 10/1/01 Megrez 80 mm f/6 4/6/01 Nikon 4" f/12 APO 5/28/99 Orion Executive Brass Mini Scope 9/11/00 Orion Short Tube 80 (Celestron FS80WA) Orion 80 mm EQ Ultra Orion 80 mm ED apo 2/1/04 Orion Skywatcher 120 8/7/00 Orion Astroview 120 8/7/00 Orion (Vixen) 102 ED f/6.5 10/9/00 Orion (Vixen) VX120 Neo-Achromat 6/15/00 Pentax 75 SDHF 8/7/00 Saturn by Meade 60 mm f/15 Skywatcher 4" f/5 (Celestron 4" f/5) 5/15/00 Skywatcher 120" f/8.3 (Orion Skywatcher) 8/7/00 Skywatcher 6" f/8 (Celestron CR150) 11/23/99 Stellarvue 80 mm f/6 6/23/00 Stellarvue 80 mm f/9 6/1/01 Stellarvue AT1010 f/6 4/1/02 Takahashi FC50 12/10/98 Takahashi FC60 3/10/00 Takahashi FC76 12/10/98 Takahahsi FCL 90 "Sky 90" 12/13/00 Takahashi FC100 4/20/99 Takahashi FS102 Takahashi FS152 8/23/00 Takahashi FCT150 3/30/01 TeleVue 60 2/1/04 TeleVue Ranger TeleVue Pronto 3/24/00 TeleVue 76 1/13/03 TeleVue Oracle 3 76 mm TeleVue 85 TeleVue Bizarro TeleVue Genesis sdf TeleVue Renaissance (non-sdf) TeleVue 102 7/1/00 TMB Fluorostar 4" 10/17/99 Unitron 3" f/16 Vista 508 80 mm f/5 (Orion Short Tube 80) Vixen 60 mm f/15 Vixen 80 mm f/15 Vixen 102ED f/6.5 (Orion) 10/9/00 Vixen VX120 Neo-Achromat (Orion VX120) 6/15/00

CATADIOPTRICS

Catadioptric Astro-Physics 10" Maksutov 4/13/01 Celestron Celestar 8 Celestron G5 Celestron C 9.25 8/7/00 Celestron CM 1400 8/6/99 Intes MK67 (Orion Argonaut) 10/9/00 Intes MN56 5" f/6 Mak-Newt 8/6/99 Intes MN61 6" f/6 Mak-Newt (Orion Argonaut) 1/2/99 Intes-Micro 8" f/6 Mak-Newt Meade ETX 90-RA Meade 7" f/15 LX200 Maksutov Meade 8" LX10 Meade 10" LX50 Meade 12" LX200 Orion Argonaut 6" Mak-Cass (Intes MK67) 10/9/00 Orion Argonaut 6" Mak-Newt (Intes MN61) Orion StarMax 127 Mak-Cass 10/1/01 Orion -U.K.- 8" f/4 Schmidt-Newtonian Vixen VC200L 12/16/03 Questar 7
EYEPIECES Eyepieces Celestron Ultima 7.5 mm, 18 mm Celestron Ultima 30 mm Celestron 25 mm SMA Collins I3 Piece 3/24/00 Intes-Micro 12 mm Kasai 30 mm Leitz 30 mm 11/8/99 Meade MA 25 Meade 18 mm SWA Meade 32 mm SWA Meade 40 mm SWA Meade Series 3000 40 mm Plossl Meade Series 4000 Plossls Meade 7 mm Research Grade Orthoscopic 1/31/99 Meade Series 4000 8-24 mm Zoom 5/18/99, 3/00 Orion 35 mm Ultrascopic Orion 17 mm Sirius Plossl Pentax 7 mm SMC-XL Pentax .965" Orthoscopics Rini Modified Plossls Siebert 12.5 mm and 32 mm 12/6/99 TeleVue Plossls TeleVue 15 mm Wide Field TeleVue 15 mm Panoptic TeleVue 19 mm Panoptic TeleVue Panoptic Overview TeleVue Nagler Overview TeleVue Radian Overview 12/26/98 TeleVue 8-24 mm Zoom Eyepiece 5/18/99, 3/00 University Optics Orthoscopics Vixen 8-24 mm Zoom Eyepiece 5/18/99, 3/00
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