Celestron has a long history of making quality products, especially the US made scopes (which include the SCTs they are famous for). Tasco has a reputation of making near fraudulent performance claims for many of their telescopes, and Tasco scopes are for the most part among the most cheaply made scopes available. I do not know the details of this merger but it is amazing to me that a company like Celestron would want to be even remotely associated with Tasco. For one, Tasco (a marketer of telescopes that are generally considered the bottom of the barrel) has acquired Celestron (a company that has a reputation for making some good to excellent telescopes). There have been some changes in the low end telescope market. This is actually the better way to go, the downside is that the cost of the diagonal is about $35, something that you would not have to get if quality. Orion has dropped this line of eyepieces, so the only path is to get what is known as a "hybrid diagonal" (described below) and some good quality 1.25" eyepieces. Below in this article you will see that magnification is one of the least important factors to consider when purchasing a telescope!Īlso: Previously, I had recommended Orion (as a source for good quality replacement eyepieces in the. Tasco continues to claim preposterous maximum magnifications for many of their scopes (Tasco does this because they know that most people equate magnification with the "power" of the scope). Many of the model numbers appear to be some combination of the lens (or mirror) diameter in millimeters, the focal length, and the maximum advertised magnification. Tasco markets a huge number of telescopes with all kinds of model numbers. Although the change to 1.25" eyepieces on some scopes is a step in the right direction, this alone is not enough to make Tasco a recommended brand (in my opinion).
However, the eyepieces supplied are still of generally low quality. For example, some of them now come with 1.25" (diameter) eyepieces. Some of the Tasco models have shown signs of improvement recently. Tasco scopes continue to be marketed widely however. Tasco filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, and Celestron has been "bought back" by some of the founders of Celestron.
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Updated Amateur Astronomer's Notebook Tasco Telescopes: Why they are to be avoided (and how to fix them up)
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