Phenix 6" f/8 refractor

[Andrew*]

Does anyone have any experience of this scope?

I know it's a long shot, but does anyone have an idea how it compares to e.g. the Skywatcher Evostar 150mm?

cheers

Andrew

[steve51450]

i had the 5" i think it was f8 version of this scope and the optics for a relatively cheap achromat were not to bad, in fact it was a lot of scope for the money as i paid £70 for it. colour was reasonable etc. It only had one major flaw and that was the focuser made by lego-town. if you can pick one up cheap and you happen to have a crayford kicking around that will fit it you have a very cheap big apeture planet killer with very little colour

steve

[iancandler]

Its a good one Andrew.. I know cos I've looked through it.. its my brothers and it has a crayford already fitted steve.. honestly mate clive looks after his gear.. its a nice one

[GazOC]

Steve, the 5" is f9.4, I used to own one and thought it was a great scope, I had it for the Mars opposition 3 years ago and it was my "weapon of choice" for that object at the time. The focuser was a bit iffy but the colour correction and views though the scope were very good.

[Andrew*]

I was kind of after general info about this model, not about that specific scope! 8) Thanks

Andrew