I have attached three images from the Catalogue. It is disappointing how plastic is used in small Tasco refractors nowadays, although I think the 2 inch red refractor is the only one that now has a plastic tube. Unfortunately, the tube of my Tasco is plastic as well as the focusing knobs and the eyepiece barrel, but back in the 1980s metal was always used and the 1980s Tasco counterparts look so much better and the metal tubes are noticeable in the images. I have a 1980s Tasco Catalogue that has a really good range of refractors as well as two reflectors. I have a small Tasco refractor that gives perfectly good views of Venus's phases, Jupiter and its moons and Saturn's rings. The general advice is to be cautious about telescopes that mention their magnification before (or instead of) anything else.I remember around eighteen months ago I mentioned Tasco telescopes on the forum and I commented about the unfair criticism they have had. Do the good members here think it's a worth while buy for the little one and me? Is it then worth spending a little extra on a better eye piece or just not bother and find something else entirely for £50 max? I've been offered a Tasco 280 power telescope in the box with tripod etc for £30. I have a 5 year old and we've had fun looking at stars, watching satellites crossing the sky, identifying a few planets etc by the naked eye and I'm looking to take it to the next level on a budget. Edited Jby Philip Rįirst time posting and apologies for ressurecting an ancient thread, it seemed an appropriate place to post given the topic. It was still let down by the awful alt-az fork head that would take it to about +45 o. If you wanted to go higher in altitude or zenith, I just would mount it on the 'outside' of one of the forks of the head and pray that I had enough thread on the bolt without it coming loose.Īll in all. My late grandfather had some galvanised steel pipe, (the sort that is used for electrical/fire alarm cable), in his garage and we made a set of 'decent' tripod legs for it of one metre in length. It had an awful alt-az mount on spindly table top tripod legs. and that was in the mid to late 1970's as a birthday present from my father & step-mother. "Wow! - I can see Saturn's rings with this!" / "I can see craters on the Moon!" / "I got sunspots!" projected and scribbled onto a sheet of A4. magnesium fluoride anti-reflective coatings. Thats what i started my journey through, the 114 luminova, and by brother in law still has it, gold tube version. I'm hoping to get an astro view in before the owner collects it, I'll report back if I do. At the maximum 3mm setting giving a massive 233X it still gave a well focused view of fine writing on a distant transformer that we often use for testing. I have only had chance as yet to try it out terrestrially but encouraged by the views through the rather narrow field supplied eyepieces I popped in my Nagler 3mm_6mm zoom. H12mm and SR5, not the most suitable for a reflector but at around F9.5 at least useable. The scope came with three quite nice looking 1.24" fit eyepieces, a H25mm, I cleaned the very dusty primary mirror which came up like new and collimated the optics. The tube seems to be the same one as Tasco use for the 114mm version which was helpful as I needed to get my arm up inside to attach the side bearing plates for the alt azimuth fork. It was brought in to me as a bag of bits, literally right down to the smallest screws, fortunately nothing missing. I currently have a visitors 76mm F700mm Tasco Luminova reflector.
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