Lidl Telescope

Lidl have a refractor telescope on sale on monday the 8th. www.lidl.ie/ie/index.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20031208.p.Telescope

Before you all shout thats its another junkscope check out the reviews

www.easter.mersinet.co.uk/astro/skylux.html

to read the pages in German copy and past the address into babelfish.altavista.com/

Unfortunately it does not mention the aperature size so it is hard to judge and the language (especially the bolded bit about magnification) just screams TASCO and junk scope BUT if memory serves Lidel had a similar scope a few years back and even the Esteemed Terry Mosley was singing its priases and 70 quid is very little money anyhow so it could be worth the risk!

Bart B.

Technical data:
- Focal Length: 700mm
- Objective diameter: 70mm
Accessories:
- Eyepiece 20mm+4mm (35x + 175x)
- View-finder scope 6 x 30
- Star diagonal prism
- Aluminium tripod
- Equatorial mount
- Astronomy software and Star Navigator on CD

from the `further information` link

Cheers,
~Al

could be worth it for the mount alone if you've already got a decent short-tube refractor!

what the blazes is a specular refraction camera though???

certainly could turn the scope itself into a dedicated white-light solar telescope too. Hmmm . . .

John Flannery,
SDAS

My views on these telescopes on another posting today
www.irishastronomy.org/boards/viewtopic.php?t=353
These comments relate to an earlier very good deal that Lidl had
Charles

The worse that could happen is that it gets used as a finderscope (yes, at f/10).

Anthony.