Refractors

Portability is the key

Supersize Me!

A budget priced, practically color free, larger aperture, high quality refractor, and what’s that all about, anyway?

How can a recovering scope junkie go cold turkey, and limit themself to one scope?

Doesn't even require a second thought.

Like many Chinese achromats, bargain-priced optics, less impressive mechanical components.

Great Optics, Great Mechanics, Low Price. The Celestron 80ED refractor has superb optics and much better than average mechanics, all for $409.

The Journey Home .... passing Vixen SP102, Orion Optics 6" Reflector, Celestron Skymaster 15x70's Scotland, and Canada Customs ....

A newborn child in the William Optics-family Review by Fred Hissink, submitted by the Editor.

I recently took advantage of what I thought was a great deal on a refurbed Meade ETX-70 refractor. I have a Meade 8" LX200GPS and I wanted something small and very portable so I can dart outside when the clouds clear from time to time.

In the vast gulf that separates inexpensive entry-level short-focus refractors from their high-priced apochromatic brethren, VALUE becomes the focus for many who seek a quality “grab and go” telescope without breaking the bank....

Grab-and-go on a budget.

The only way you're going to get more BANG for your buck is if you drop it.

Banished to Hawaii for a fortnight, our intrepid Author finds solace with his TV-85--and observes more than stars.

An inexpensive way to enter the world of visual Astronomy.