Glom
2003-Jun-27, 07:37 PM
It may be sad, but it's great fun spotting CTS (Christmas Trash Scope) evidence in telescopes. I've now turned my eye on my own CTS that I've had for a couple of years.
Tasco Galaxsee 375X
As you can see, it's a Tasco telescope.
It's advertised in terms of magnification.
It's 4½'' which means that its maximum practical magnification is only 225X.
It came with, surprise, H20mm and SR4mm eyepieces, but at least they're 1.25''.
It's mounted on an EQ-1 mount, when according to BAG, anything below an EQ-3 is too flimsy for a 4½''. So it's two levels too light.
It came with an all plastic 3X Barlow lens.
The finder is all plastic and stopped down, probably a 5X24 stopped down to 10mm as mentioned in BAG.
Tasco Galaxsee 375X
As you can see, it's a Tasco telescope.
It's advertised in terms of magnification.
It's 4½'' which means that its maximum practical magnification is only 225X.
It came with, surprise, H20mm and SR4mm eyepieces, but at least they're 1.25''.
It's mounted on an EQ-1 mount, when according to BAG, anything below an EQ-3 is too flimsy for a 4½''. So it's two levels too light.
It came with an all plastic 3X Barlow lens.
The finder is all plastic and stopped down, probably a 5X24 stopped down to 10mm as mentioned in BAG.