GSO Dob

[richbyers]

I was reading last months Sky at Night review on a GSO 250mm dob, however i cant find these anywhere in this country, does any know of a store selling these?

ta

rich

[Talitha]

From what i understand, GSO refers to Guan Sheng Optical, a manufacturer whose optics are sold by different companies like Orion, etc. Maybe they also sell under the GSO label?

[russ]

TS in Germany sell the GSO 250 dob:

GSO Dobsonian 250C - special offer model - Teleskop-Express: Astro-Shop + Fotografie + Naturbeobachtung

But it maybe worth speaking to Bern @ Modern Astronomy as he sells a lot of the TS stuff in the UK.

[johninderby]

Meade's dobs (and a lot of other stuff) are made by GSO and due to some sort of agreement between the two you don't see any GSO branded dobs for sale in the UK. However in Germany the GSO dobs are widely available so either Telescope Service or Astroshop.de have them. Telescope House does the 12" GSO dob under their Revelation brand. They used to do a 10" version.

http://www.telescope-service.com/GSO/dobsonians/GSO-Dobsonians.html

http://www.astroshop.de/teleskope/10/m,GSO

However SkyWatcher makes such good dobs at very good prices that the lack of GSO dobs isn't a problem in the UK.

John

[richbyers]

ok thanks for the input guys, something to consider for when the cash eventually comes in

rich