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    SharpStar SCA260 Aspherical Cassegrain Astrograph telescope

    Jan 20, 2022 3 minutes
    WORDS: TIM JARDINE

    VITAL STATS

    • Price £3,590

    • Optics Corrected Aspherical Cassegrain

    • Aperture 260mm

    • Focal length 1,300mm, f/5

    • Focuser 3-inch rack and pinion

    • Tube material Carbon fibre

    • Weight 15kg

    • Supplier First Light Optics

    • Email questions@firstlightoptics.com

    • www.firstlightoptics.com

    We always welcome the chance to review something a bit different and the new SharpStar SCA260 piqued our interest, not only because of the unusual aspherical Cassegrain optical design, but also because of the attractive price tag for such a large telescope.

    The SCA260 certainly is large

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