Interesting Italian review and article website

[John]

Some will have come across this website I suspect but I thought I would post it anyway. It is sort of the Italian version of the UK "Scopeviews" site and is the creation of Paulo Casarini. It has an English translation option. Nice to browse on a rainy night and some interesting telescopes are covered🙂

instrumental tests, telescopes, astronomical mounts, planetary photography, deep sky, DIY, double stars, planets (dark-star.it)

The other sections of the website are worth an explore as well.

 

Edited December 7, 2023 by John

[Hans Joakim]

A very nice comparison of TSA-102 and FS-128 as well, from 2008 but still very much in line with the discussion in the current thread here on SGL: https://www.dark-star.it/astronomia-articoli-e-test/test-strumentali/takahashi-tsa102-e-fs-128/

[Franklin]

There is a very good "History of Vixen Optics Ltd" on this site.

[davidc135]

I didn't know about dark-star.it. Thanks for posting.  David

[JeremyS]

6 hours ago, Hans Joakim said:

A very nice comparison of TSA-102 and FS-128 as well, from 2008 but still very much in line with the discussion in the current thread here on SGL: https://www.dark-star.it/astronomia-articoli-e-test/test-strumentali/takahashi-tsa102-e-fs-128/

Yes I think our friend @Sunshine will find this very gratifying reading.

[Sunshine]

56 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

Yes I think our friend @Sunshine will find this very gratifying reading.

Thanks! But I can’t read Italian 😅 am I missing the English version?

[Hans Joakim]

41 minutes ago, Sunshine said:

Thanks! But I can’t read Italian 😅 am I missing the English version?

Try this: https://www-dark--star-it.translate.goog/astronomia-articoli-e-test/test-strumentali/takahashi-tsa102-e-fs-128/?_x_tr_sl=it&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=no&_x_tr_pto=wapp

[John]

1 hour ago, Sunshine said:

Thanks! But I can’t read Italian 😅 am I missing the English version?

There is a select language button just below the heading "ASTRONOMIA: ARTICOLI" at the top of the page that I linked to.

Edited December 7, 2023 by John

[John]

I found the comparison of the FC100-DL and the FC100-N particularly interesting 🙂

DARK STAR astronomy, instrumental tests, telescopes, astronomical mounts, planetary photography, deep sky - TAKAHASHI FC100-N vs FC100-DL (dark-star.it)

[Nakedgun]

15 hours ago, John said:

Some will have come across this website I suspect but I thought I would post it anyway. It is sort of the Italian version of the UK "Scopeviews" site and is the creation of Paulo Casarini. It has an English translation option. Nice to browse on a rainy night and some interesting telescopes are covered🙂

instrumental tests, telescopes, astronomical mounts, planetary photography, deep sky, DIY, double stars, planets (dark-star.it)

The other sections of the website are worth an explore as well.

 

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Thanks for sharing, much to be digested, here.

I do find the single-spaced type a bit tedious, however.

 

 

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[Sunshine]

2 hours ago, JeremyS said:

Yes I think our friend @Sunshine will find this very gratifying reading.

Judging by this review, it seems I won’t have regrets which is reassuring. They say there’s no reward without risk.