evans@mhuxt.UUCP (crandall) (06/28/85)
I'm afraid that Quantum went out of business a few yrs ago (5) -- too bad as their scopes were much nicer than Questars for slightly less money. I had the opportunity to test a 6" and a prototype 8" just before they evaporated - the 8" was very superior to the 7" Questar and only cost about $3k (gad - you could have a Dobsonian the size of a VW for that much). I tried to buy a used 6" Quantum two years back only to find that its owner wanted 150% of its last know list price. My main interest in a Quantum was to have a reasonably nice portable telescope. Since that time I have noticed several light weight large aperture reflectors described in the pages of Sky and Telescope. Does anyone know about any commercial versions of these monsters, or do they only appear at Stellafane and Riverside? Steve Crandall ihnp4!mhuxt!evans