Astroscans generally were not great optically. They were basically just for low
power viewing. Personally I’d be looking for something else. Even a good set of
binoculars would be better.
Eric
On Nov 7, 2015, at 10:21 AM, Cindy Fenick <cs.fenick@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
ha! Look closer. It’s 3 or 4 pictures in! Anyway, I wonder if there’s
anything else like this on the market or would it be better to just drag
around a good pair of binoculars…
Cindy
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I think that is where the warning sticker or plate use to be
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Astroscan.jpg
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Subject: [SAS] Re: portable telescope
Had to laugh. I saw this one – comes complete with bird droppings on it!
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you might be able to find some on craiglist or ebay yardsales I know we
bought one for a friend of ours son two years ago he still has it. If he ever
decides to sell it I'll let you know. here is one on ebay ...
http://www.ebay.com/sch/items/?_nkw=Astroscan+Telescope&_sacat=&_ex_kw=&_mPrRngCbx=1&_udlo=&_udhi=&_sop=&_fpos=&_fspt=1&_sadis=&LH_CAds=&satitle=Astroscan+Telescope&rmvSB=true
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