Re: Equatorial mount for TeleVue NP101 ?

On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 19:40:41 GMT, Joe Bergeron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ...reflected:

>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alan W. Craft
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>        Please forgive, but why the TeleVue NP101 @ $3595 when you 
>> might've had a Takahashi FS-102 @ $1895 instead, that is, if you 
>> bought the TeleVue new?  Also, if the TeleVue possesses some 
>> clear advantage over the Takahashi, that I do not see so readily,
>> is it still worth the extra $1700?
>
>Does the Tak come with a nice 2" diagonal, a case, an eyepiece, and
>tube rings? If not, that surely adds a few hundred to the value of the
>TV.

       According to TeleVue, and Anacortes, it does not come supplied 
with an eyepiece, though the stock photo does show one in place,
but obviously for illustrative purposes.

Alan