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Telescope-Service - Your Expert for Telescopes, Mounts, Binoculars, Spotting Scopes and Accessories. We offer a broad selection of eyepieces, filters, accessories for astro-imaging and many more interesting items.
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Here you will find information about what is new on our website www.telescope-service.com. We will update this list regularly as this website is continuously growing.
Here you will learn about new product presentations, special prices and events. |
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| Nov 29, 2006 | New Product: Canon Image Stabilized Binoculars - high quality binoculars with image stabilizer. High magnifications can be used free-handed. |
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| Nov 29, 2006 | New Presentation: Adaptors - we offer a broad selection of adaptors for many different applications. The most important ones can be found here. |
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| Nov 27, 2006 | New Presentation: Orion TS Line Newtonians - now all models with 2" Crayford focuser and 9 point flotation cell (except 150mm) |
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| Nov 24, 2006 | New Product: New Maksutov-Cassegrains - two new Maksutov-Cassegrain models: An ultra-compact Maksutov spotting scope and a low cost deep sky Maksutov. |
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| Nov 23, 2006 | New Product: Photographical Ball Heads - several new Triton Ball Heads have been added to our product range. |
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| Nov 22, 2006 | New Product: Artemis large chip CCD cameras - "35mm format" CCD cameras at very affordable prices. |
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| Nov 21, 2006 | Special Offers for Christmas: Here you will find selected products that we recommend for Christmas. Don't forget: Christmas is coming soon! |
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| Nov 15, 2006 | New Products: TS Rotation System - ultra-versatile adaptor system that allows you to use 2" filters in many setups where there is normally no provision for filters. |
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| Nov 15, 2006 | New Products: Pentax XF Eyepieces - high quality eyepieces for binocular viewing and more. |
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| Nov 14, 2006 | New Product Presentation: Guide Scope Rings of various sizes |
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| Nov 07, 2006 | New Prices: Vixen has revised their prices. We have now corrected the remaining Vixen prices also. |
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| Nov 03, 2006 | New Product: Baader HYPERION Zoom eyepiece - A good quality zoom eyepiece based on the popular Hyperion eyepiece line. |
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| Nov 03, 2006 | New Prices: Vixen has revised their prices. Some prices went down considerably. As a first step we have corrected the prices for Vixen reflectors and refractors. The other prices will be corrected soon. |
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| Oct 20, 2006 | New Product: Vixen Skypod GoTo Mount - A compact alt-azimuth GoTo mount for travelling. |
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| Oct 19, 2006 | New Product: Low Profile Crayford Focuser - A new low profile focuser with 1:10 microfocuser. Very high quality. Solves focusing problems for many Newtonian telescopes. |
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| Oct 11, 2006 | New Product Presentation: SCOPOS Spotting Scopes - Two high quality spotting scopes. Particularly suited for target shooters. |
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| Oct 10, 2006 | New Product Presentation: Additional Spotting Scopes - We have added several new spotting scopes to our product range. TS 15x50 Mini-spotting scope and Horizon spotting scopes. |
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| Oct 10, 2006 | New Product Presentation: SCT Focusers - A frequent problem for Schmidt-Cassegrain users is the focus mechanism. Our SCT focusers solve this problem! |
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| Oct 09, 2006 | New Product Presentation: Skywatcher Refractors - We also offer the full Skywatcher product range. We have made a presentation for the most popular refractors first. Check out these very affordable, good quality telescopes! |
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| Oct 08, 2006 | New Product Presentation: CANON DSLR cameras - Modified DLSR cameras for astro-imaging. Incl built-in Baader IR cut filter for increased sensitivity in the important H-Alpha line. |
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| Oct 06, 2006 | New Product: TS Variable Colour and Polarizing Filter - A sensational new filter that replaces at least eight other filters! Variable colour for suppression of false color and for boosting contrast; variable brightness for suppression of glare. |
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| Oct 06, 2006 | TS is now official CANON dealer! Effective immediately Telescope-Service is official CANON dealer. We can offer the full Canon product range. |
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| Aug 11, 2006 | New Products: Celestron NexStar SE Telescopes: NexStar 4 SE / NexStar 5, 6 and 8 SE The largest model in Celestron's successful CPC Schmidt-Cassegrain line. GoTo capable fork mount. |
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| Aug 09, 2006 | New Product: Celestron CPC 1100 GPS - The largest model in Celestron's successful CPC Schmidt-Cassegrain line. GoTo capable fork mount. |
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| Aug 08, 2006 | New Brand: Antares / Sky Instruments - products made in Canada. Ultra-wide angle eyepieces, focal reducers, finderscopes, ... |
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| Aug 04, 2006 | New Product Group: Star Charts and Literature Books on topics concerning amateur astronomy. |
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| Aug 01, 2006 | New Product: TS SuperView special eyepieces for eyepiece projection with digital cameras and SLR cameras. |
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| Jul 14, 2006 | New Product: Ritchey-Chretien (RC) telescopes: High-performance astrophotographical telescopes. We offer the real RC telescope design, not a variant. |
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| Jul 13, 2006 | New Product: Crayford Focuser for Refractors - ideal upgrade for your existing refractor. Available also with 1:10 dual speed microfocuser. |
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| Jul 12, 2006 | New Product: Scopos TL 805 APO now also available in bronze colour - a classy, exotic colour for a classy instrument! |
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| Jul 12, 2006 | New Product Group: Panheads and Ball Heads for camera tripods. Including the extremely practical Triton Action Grip. |
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| Jul 12, 2006 | New Products: Triton Camera Tripods for photographical purposes as well as for nature observing. |
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| Jul 11, 2006 | New Product Presentation: Vixen reflector telescopes: High quality Newtonians, Cassegrains and Maksutov-Cassegrains. |
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| Jul 07, 2006 | Limited Special Offer: We now have for a limited time a very special offer with extremely attractive prices for our 2" TS RK and TS WA wide angle eyepieces. These are now available as 3-eyepiece-sets at an astonishing price! |
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| Jun 19, 2006 | New Product: Newtonian Crayford Focuser with 1:10 Microfocuser - we now offer an upgraded version of our popular Crayford focuser with even better, much smoother focus motion through it's integrated dual speed 1:10 microfocuser. At the same time we have reduced the price of the standard version. |
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| Jun 02, 2006 | New Product: The successor of the famous Vixen GP-DX has arrived. Find out more about the Vixen GP-D2 equatorial mount |
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| May 17, 2006 | New Prices: New and lower prices for the Vixen Sphinx GoTo mount. Now also available with a very sturdy 75cm pier. |
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| Apr 25, 2006 | New Product Range: Scopos High Quality Refractors - Scopos offers a growing line of high quality refractor telescopes. Compact APOs from 66 to 80mm aperture (larger models coming soon) and achromats 62mm and 80mm. |
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| Apr 13, 2006 | New Product Presentation: TS Marine Binoculars - new models: In addition to the excellent 7x50 Marine we now also offer a 10x50, a 10.5x70 and a 15x70 of similar optical quality. |
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| Mar 14, 2006 | New Product Presentation: Celestron NexStar - Celestron's high tech line of compact telescopes with GoTo control at very affordable prices. |
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| Mar 07, 2006 | New Product Presentation: MTO 500s - a new Russian Maksutov tele lens with particularly compact dimensions. |
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| Mar 01, 2006 | New Product Presentation: RDA and RDS Multi-Dot Finderscopes - high quality red dot finderscope with four different reticles. Usable both for astronomical and terrestrial use as well as for target shooters and hunters. |
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| Feb 27, 2006 | New Prices: We have changed prices for the Skywatcher H-EQ5 and EQ6 as well as Baader Eyepieces and Diagonals. Most prices went down considerably. |
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| Feb 10, 2006 | Special Offer Of The Week: On the main page we will from now on publish a special offer of the week. This offer is a regular product at a drastically reduced price. Special offers of the week are generally only valid until the stated time and only as long as supply lasts! Benefit from these ultra-low prices! |
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| Dec 23, 2005 | New Product Presentation: Astro-4 - portable and very affordable medium size equatorial mount. |
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| Dec 23, 2005 | New Product Presentation: Giro and Giro Mini - ultra-portable high quality alt-azimuth mounts Made in Germany. |
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| Dec 20, 2005 | New Product Presentation: MTO Tele Lenses - Made in Russia. MTO 1000, MTO 500 and MTO 300. Good quality tele lenses. |
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| Dec 14, 2005 | Second Hand Products: Here you will find a large selection of second hand products and opportunities. |
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| Dec 10, 2005 | New Product Presentation: GSO Newtonian 200/1000mm - a multi-talented telescope for all kinds of astronomical observations and astro-imaging. With cooling fan and Crayford focuser. Excellent optics. |
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| Dec 6, 2005 | Changed Product Presentation: GSO Newtonian 200/800mm - now with Crayford focuser and primary mirror cooling fan. An excellent telescope for astro-imaging. |
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| Dec 6, 2005 | New Product Presentation: Accessories - a broad selection of accessories for all kinds of astronomical applications. Everything from a laser collimator over dewshields to astro chairs. |
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| Dec 4, 2005 | New Product Presentation: 10Micron Observatory Mounts - ultra-heavy duty mounts for observatories and semi-professional use. Made in Europe. |
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| Dec 4, 2005 | New Product Presentation: Accessories for Mounts - counterweights, motor drives, guide scope adaptations, power supplies, anti vibration pads, dovetail plates, ... |
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| Nov 28, 2005 | Limited Offer: CARL ZEISS ABBE Barlow Lens - probably the most famous collector's Barlow lens ever. We have a small number of Zeiss Abbe Barlows available. |
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| Nov 28, 2005 | New Product Presentation: Baader and Astro-Physics Barlow Lenses - apochromatic Barlow lenses for demanding users |
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| Nov 28, 2005 | New Product Presentation: Coronado H-Alpha Telescopes and Filters - P.S.T., SolarMax filters, ... Everything for solar observers. |
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| Nov 27, 2005 | New Product Presentation: Celestron Newtonian Reflectors - affordable good quality Newtonians from 150mm to 250mm aperture |
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| Nov 26, 2005 | New Product Presentation: Celestron Refractors - affordable good quality refractors from 80mm to 150mm aperture |
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| Nov 24, 2005 | New Product Presentation: Kendrick Astro Instruments - professional dew controller systems, dewcaps, focus aids, laser collimators, observing tent. |
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| Nov 22, 2005 | New Product Presentation: Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescopes - Ultra-versatile telescopes for visual and photographical use. Many mounting variants available. |
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| Nov 22, 2005 | New Product Presentation: Celestron Advanced GoTo Mount - A powerful, affordable GoTo equatorial mount for visual and photographical applications. |
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| Nov 22, 2005 | A Practical Telescope Buying Guide: Christmas time is near! For many this means a tough decision of what to get. Why not try a telescope? Here is a practical guide to the proper telescope that best suits your needs! |
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| Nov 21, 2005 | New Product Presentation: Celestron CPC and Celestron NexStar Schmidt-Cassegrain GoTo telescopes. |
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| Nov 20, 2005 | New Product Presentation: TEC 140 APO - Top grade apochromatic refractor and accessories. |
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| Nov 20, 2005 | New Product Presentation: Losmandy Equatorial Mounts - top grade German Equatorial Mounts for astro-imaging. Losmandy GM-8, Losmandy G-11, Losmandy Titan |
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| Nov 18, 2005 | New Product Presentation: TS 7x50 Marine Binoculars - High performance, exceptional image quality binoculars for demanding observers |
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| Nov 17, 2005 | Image Gallery: Images Taken with the PENTAX 75 SDHF - See for yourself how powerful this telescope is! |
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| Oct 25, 2005 | New Product Presentation: Vixen Refractor Telescopes - High quality achromats, Neo Achromats and ED apochromats for demanding observers |
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| Sep 3, 2005 | New Product Presentation: TeleVue - top grade eyepieces: Nagler, Panoptic, Radian, TV Plossl; photographical correctors; powerful apochromatic refractors |
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| Aug 28, 2005 | New Product Presentation: TS WFT 110 - powerful wide field telescope with an enormous light gathering power. |
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| Aug 27, 2005 | New Product Presentation: TS RFT 805 and RFT 1007 - powerful all purpose refractors. Excellent mechanical and optical quality. RFT 1007 suitable for use of binocular viewers without glass path correctors. |
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| Aug 27, 2005 | New Product Presentation: Intes Micro Herrschel (Solar) Diagonals 1.25" and 2" |
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| Aug 24, 2005 | New Product Presentation: Orion (USA) Atlas and Sky Pro equatorial mounts. |
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| Aug 14, 2005 | New Product Group: Binocular Viewers: Experience the comfort and advantage of viewing with both eyes. Most telescopes can be equipped with binocular viewers. |
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| Aug 14, 2005 | New Product Group: Solar Observing / Solar Imaging: White light filters, contrast enhancing filters, K-line filter, H-Alpha filters, Solar prisms, .... |
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| Aug 14, 2005 | New Presentation: BAADER PLANETARIUM: A broad range of useful accessories: Binocular viewers, filters, eyepieces, star diagonals, solar observing, ... |
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| Aug 12, 2005 | New Presentation: TS by Orion Optics Foto Line Newtonians. Specialized instruments for astro-imaging. Lightweight tubes. |
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| Aug 10, 2005 | New Presentation: Vixen LV and LVW eyepieces as well as various adaptors |
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| Aug 3, 2005 | New Presentation: Orion (USA) Maksutov telescopes. 90mm, 102mm and 127mm on equatorial mounts or as a spotting scope. |
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| Aug 3, 2005 | New Presentation: Orion (USA) offers a broad range of helpful Accessories. Flexible dewcaps, Dew Remover Gun, Cooling Fan, Motorfocus, Observer Chair, Deluxe Focus Knobs, ... |
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| Jul 29, 2005 | Changed Presentation & New Prices: The Dobsonian telescope presentation has been revised to include the latest models and new prices. |
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| Jul 29, 2005 | New Main Page Layout: Due to the growing number of products presented on this website we have created a new layout for the product search. You can now search products by product group (e.g. refractor telescope, eyepiece, filter, binoculars, ...) or by manufacturer (e.g. ATiK, Orion, Vixen, ...). Products for mainly terrestrial use have been listed under TS Nature, sorted by product group. |
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| Jul 28, 2005 | New Presentation: Now added to our Orion USA presentation: Orion Accessories for Astro-Imaging. Illuminated reticle eyepieces, guide scope & guide scope rings, universal digital camera mount. |
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| Jul 28, 2005 | New Presentation: Now added to our Orion USA presentation: Orion Intelliscopes. Dobsonian telescopes with Computerized Object Locator. |
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| Jul 13, 2005 | New Presentation: Now added to our Orion USA presentation: 91mm Clear Aperture Newtonian and 113mm Starblast Mini-Dobsonian. |
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| Jul 12, 2005 | New Presentation: Now added to our Orion USA presentation: STRATUS wide angle eyepieces, many other eyepieces and accessories. |
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| Jul 5, 2005 | New Presentation: Orion USA is a well-known brand of good quality telescopes and accessories. The first presentation to be put online is the achromatic and ED refractors from 80 to 100mm aperture. |
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| Jun 24, 2005 | New Presentation: Several more of the popular BAADER Filters have now been presented on our website, including the UHC and O-III filters, CCD filters, ... |
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| Jun 21, 2005 | New Presentation: Vixen alt-azimuth and equatorial mounts - Made in Japan. These mounts offer an excellent performance and a good value. Particularly recommended for astro-imaging. |
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| Jun 11, 2005 | New Presentation: ATiK offers CCD cameras and accessories ranging from affordable entry-level equipment to very powerful semi-professional cameras at competitive prices. |
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| Jun 5, 2005 | New Presentation: The renowned Japanese manufacturer Pentax offers top grade astronomical products ranging from excellent eyepieces to dedicated refractor telescopes (APOs) for photographical use. |
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| Jun 2, 2005 | New Presentation: Our presentation of camera and video tripods is beginning to take shape. Check out our selection of tripods ranging from low-cost models to high quality professional tripods! We will continue the translation of this page at regular intervals. |
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| Apr 18, 2005 | New Product: Our TS Gigant binoculars have been enormously improved. They now accept standard 1.25" eyepieces - now you can use magnifications up to 170x in a pair of binoculars! |
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| Jan 28, 2005 | Binocular Promotional Offer: The large TS binoculars (20x80, 20x90, 25x100 and 20x/26x/32x88) are now on special promotional offer! Prices have dropped by up to 25%! |
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| Nov 21, 2004 | New Product Areas: Two full new areas of our English website has finally been published: Russian Maksutov-Cassegrains and Maksutov-Newtonians - high performance telescope for demanding amateurs |
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| Nov 21, 2004 | New Presentation: The online presentation of the Orion ED100 refractor is now completed. Find out more about this powerful all-purpose telescope! |
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| Nov 20, 2004 | New Product: ED Refractors by Orion. These refractors offer an outstanding value for money and an improved colour correction. The Orion ED80 is the first of the Orion ED refractors to be presented here. |
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| Nov 12, 2004 | New Product: In time before Christmas we are now offering a dedicated telescope for beginners. You will find details about this refractor 60/900mm with a complete set of accessories here. |
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| Nov 9, 2004 | New Product Area: A full new area of our English website has finally been completed: Prisms and Diagonals - practical accessories for anyone using a refractor, Maksutov-Cassegrain or Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. |
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| Oct 12, 2004 | New Product: The Classic Line Dobsonian 8" is now entering our product range as the cheapest of our high-quality 8" Dobsonians. Check out the invitingly low price! |
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| Oct 11, 2004 | New Product: We now offer a new 90° angled view binocular with a diameter of 88mm. The perfect choice for demanding astronomical observations without strain to your neck! |
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| Sep 6, 2004 | New Prices: Our TS Refractor 90/1000mm is now on special offer. We are especially proud of the high mechanical and optical quality of this product. |
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| Sep 4, 2004 | New Prices: Our classical 2" focusers for Amateur Telescope Makers are now on special offer. Save 50% on these items! |
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| Aug 31, 2004 | New Prices: Our Telescope-Service Super Plossl Eyepieces are now cheaper than ever. |
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| Aug 30, 2004 | New Product: TS 25x100 binocular. A very powerful and above all affordable binocular for high-end terrestrial and astronomical use. |
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| Aug 28, 2004 | Parts for Amateur Telescope Makers: A whole new section on our website is dedicated to amateur telescope makers. Optical sets, focusers, finderscopes. |
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| Aug 26, 2004 | Extended Promotional Offer: We are now offering many more of our telescopes with our new Eyepiece and Accessory Case. Get over 400 Euro's worth of eyepieces, filters and accessories at only 139 Euro! |
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| Aug 21, 2004 | New presentation: The Celestron Advanced Mount is a powerful new mount for astro-imaging as well as for heavy-duty visual use. |
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| Aug 19, 2004 | New prices on many products: We have changed the prices of many of our products. Please find the interesting new prices throughout our website. |
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| Aug 16, 2004 | New presentation: Our TS Spotting Scopes Compact instruments for birdwatchers and for general terrestrial use. Spotting scopes combine many advantages of classical telescopes with those of binoculars. |
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| Jun 24, 2004 | New presentation: Our TS Refractors 70mm, 80mm and 90mm. They are now cheaper than ever! |
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| Jun 6, 2004 | New prices for GSO Dobsonians: Our GSO Dobsonians 6", 10" and 12" are now on special offer. They are now cheaper than ever! |
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| May 31, 2004 | New presentation: TS RK - low budget 2" eyepieces with excellent contrast and enhanced field correction. |
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| May 28, 2004 | New presentation: TS SWM - a new generation of 1.25" wide angle eyepieces with superior properties. |
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| Apr 25, 2004 | New presentation: Bray Tablet Mount, Synta H-EQ5 and EQ-6 |
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| Apr 25, 2004 | New presentation: TS WA wide angle eyepieces 1.25" and 2" |
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| Mar 21, 2004 | English website online - Telescope-Service.com is our new online information site for customers throughout Europe. Please feel free to browse this site to find any information you need. If you are missing some piece of information please don't hesitate to send an E-Mail! Currently there may still be many small formatting errors or dead links on this website. These will be corrected as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding! |
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