>>Anyway, here's the link to the Sky and Telescope review if this
>>sounds interesting to you...
>>
>>http://www.skypub.com/resources/testreports/telescopes/9904testreport.html
>
>
>Thanks Chad, this almost strikes me as the ideal telescope for the
>range of things I want to do with one for now. It does bring up an
>interesting issue though, and I'm curious what you all think about
>this in terms of how it affects buying choices: this telescope is
>out of stock until January. I've thought about which telescope to
>get for a while now, so you could argue that there's no hurry, but
>do you think I should wait three or four months for an order to
>arrive, or are there other makes that have a similar weight to
>performance ratio?
I did some digging on this (I'm very curious about this scope too and
may go with this model when the time comes) and here's what I came up
with...
The scope is actually made by Intes of Russia. ITE (Internet
Telescope Exchange) carries them. MK67 is the same scope as the
Orion, but with the Intes name on it. I was checking out ITE's site,
and the cool thing is, the offer more options for the scope than
Orion does, like a better finder, different coatings and mirrors.
Also, Intes plans to offer an f/10 version at some point (they say
Fall?)
I've no idea what the availability is going through ITE, but it seems
like it might be a better way to go in any case...
http://www.burnettweb.com/ite/telescop.htm
Chad
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