US equivalent of Skywatcher Heritage-130P ?

[andyb505]

Hello all,

I am looking  at buying a Skywatcher Heritage-130P telescope for my own use. I have a friend who has a place in the US that is also interested in that telescope. Rather than buying one in the UK and transporting it to the US does anyone know if there is an equivalent model available there?

Interested mainly due to simplicity of operation, size portability and optical capabilities.

Any help gratefully received.

Andrew

[happy-kat]

I think it was called/made by Bushell the US flavor? When I was first researching which telescope to buy.

[AndyWB]

Bushnell did, but I seem to remember reading here that Celestron were going to release a version of it under their name. I think there was a competition for what they should name it. Can't find a link or reference though.

[rory]

It's the bushnell ares .

Hope that helps .

[rory]

actually it looks a bit smarter than the skywatcher version , imo .

 the writing on the ota makes the heritage look a little toy like , although its not at all . but would look better with a solid colour finish .

[cantab]

"Astronomers Without Borders" also their branded one, http://store.astronomerswithoutborders.org/ though it's not in stock at present.

[andyb505]

Great. Thanks for the responses. Will point him to the AWB scope.

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[AndyWB]

Ah, it was the AWB one I was thinking of - imported into the US for them by Celestron. How could I forget the AWB bit?

[NGC 1502]

"Astronomers Without Borders" also their branded one, http://store.astronomerswithoutborders.org/ though it's not in stock at present.

There is a review of this scope in Feb edition of Sky & Telescope magazine by Gary Seronic.............he likes it     

It is indeed a Heritage 130 under a different name.

Regards, Ed.