Matt Wedel
Just past first quarter, April 13 2008
Celestron seems to be closing out their Explorascope line of small starter telescopes. Explorascope 80s can be had on Amazon for $35, and I had a gift card so I got one. The images don't really compare to those I get with the Astroscan or the XT6, but that's to be expected--it's an 80mm scope going up against 105mm and 150mm scopes. For what it is, it's a decent little instrument.
Taken by afocal projection with a Celestron Explorascope 80, a 32mm Sirius Plossl eyepiece, and a Nikon Coolpix 4500.
Just past first quarter, April 13 2008
Celestron seems to be closing out their Explorascope line of small starter telescopes. Explorascope 80s can be had on Amazon for $35, and I had a gift card so I got one. The images don't really compare to those I get with the Astroscan or the XT6, but that's to be expected--it's an 80mm scope going up against 105mm and 150mm scopes. For what it is, it's a decent little instrument.
Taken by afocal projection with a Celestron Explorascope 80, a 32mm Sirius Plossl eyepiece, and a Nikon Coolpix 4500.