Sky-Watcher PRO Series

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Sky-Watcher PRO Series

Post by weixing »

Hi,
The Sky-Watcher scope are getting more and moe professional looking:
http://www.skywatchertelescope.com/Pro.html#MAK
http://www.skywatchertelescope.com/CarryingCase.html

I think they'll become the China Takahashi sooner than I thought... Just hope they don't price at Takahashi level... hee hee =P

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Post by rlow »

Weixing, let me guess... you must be eyeing the upcoming 120mm refractor!
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Re: Sky-Watcher PRO Series

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weixing wrote:Hi,
The Sky-Watcher scope are getting more and moe professional looking:
http://www.skywatchertelescope.com/Pro.html#MAK
http://www.skywatchertelescope.com/CarryingCase.html

I think they'll become the China Takahashi sooner than I thought... Just hope they don't price at Takahashi level... hee hee =P

Have a nice day.
Good, I hope they give the Americans a run for their money.
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Post by perseid »

The 6" Mak looks very nice. Champagne colour instead of the usual blue skywatcher colour. However, the price I got from my dealer is twice the price of the 127mm Mak.
The HEQ5 Pro also look attractive. Price just a little bit higher than the Meade LXD75.
I am thinking of getting a few of skywatchers in for testing.
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Wow those scopes look really nice. The champagne colour is definitely nicer than the ghasty gold that WO loves to use! :D
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Post by ariefm71 »

Champagne looks like an ah beng color, but is definitely better than the previous skywatcher blue. For refractors, nothing beats the pearl white color that WO and TEC is using.
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As long as WO drops that horrible gold-coloured lens cap and trimming! =P Actually I thought gold is more ah beng than champagne... :lol: :)
We do it in the dark...
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Takahashi Mewlon 210
William Optics 110ED
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Post by Tachyon »

Tempting... 150mm Maks seems to be the in-thing now...

Nothing to like or dislike about the color - I have a white, black, dark blue, navy blue and red scope but the colors are lost in the dark!

That said, I think there are too many white scopes around.. :P
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Post by VinSnr »

acc wrote:As long as WO drops that horrible gold-coloured lens cap and trimming! =P Actually I thought gold is more ah beng than champagne... :lol: :)
Talking about gold.....their prices is on the rise now. Good for investments.
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Post by weixing »

Hi,
Nothing to like or dislike about the color - I have a white, black, dark blue, navy blue and red scope but the colors are lost in the dark!
Wow... is your scope a Swatch scope?? Ha Ha Ha... =P =P

May be next time they'll come out with a temperature sensitive scope... the scope OTA will change colours as temperature change... ha ha ha =P =P

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