Twinkling Star Of Japan: Takahashi Telescopes
May 3, 2008
Takahashi:
Takahashi has been around longer than their brand of telescopes and he wasn’t afraid to change with the changing times. Takahashi spent the first 35 years making metal parts using sand casting molds. Then in the year 1967 the first Takahashi telescope was produced. Takahashi is still in the business of making metal parts but then they have made their name known throughout the world for designing, making and even exporting telescopes and camera lenses worldwide. The main factory is situated in Uri a place in Japan where a Takahashi telescope was manufactured and used by the amateur astronomer to discover an asteroid. The asteroid that was discovered has been named Uri after this place.
Takahashi telescopes are actually made for the observatories, but then you don’t have to get disheartened they do make those that can be used at homes and which are also easily available and affordable. Land, Sea & Sky of Texas is the official North American company that imports this brand of Takahashi telescopes. If you decide to buy one of these you could buy it from Land, Sea & Sky or you could go through one of the many stores and websites across America and Canada who buy Takahashi telescopes from Land, Sea & Sky. And in this way if at all you have any problem you don’t have to ship the telescope all the way to Japan and get it fixed, it would go straight to Texas where your problem would get set right. As there is a warrantee on these telescopes even if you were to buy it in Texas this would solve your problem of sending it to Japan saving lots and lots of dollars on the shipping cost.
Texas not only imports telescopes from Japan, they also see to the technical problems that sometimes do arise with this telescope they also sell other Takahashi telescope parts and accessories. If you want to save some money you could even decide to buy a used Takahashi telescope and there are chance that you could get a good Takahashi telescope as well as the parts for it if need did arise.
This brand or rather the Takahashi telescopes don’t come cheap. They cost about a thousands of dollars. They are one of the topmost leaders in this brand which deals in selling telescopes. If you have any queries regarding this brand of telescope you could ask questions compare this brand of telescopes with those other top brands before you go and purchase one for yourself. A piece of advice here is that if you are not very sure of which type of telescope you require or for that matter about the time you would be able to devote for this hobby of yours then the Takahashi telescope is not meant for you. On the other hand if you are a professor in the college of astronomy or the head of this department in your college or are very passionate about astronomy then this is the best one to choose from the various other brands that are available in the market.
Takahashi brand of telescopes come in different sizes, colors, styles and for that matter even there are different types of telescopes that they manufacture. They made their name famous world wide with the launching the refracting telescopes but then they do manufacture reflective telescopes also and mini-monsters called as astrographs that could cost you about the cost of a good race horse.
The original telescope that this company manufactured were the reflective telescopes, which used a series of curved and flat mirrors to show the reflection of whatever you point the telescope on. As you know there are many reflective types of telescopes that are named after their inventors and the most popular ones The Newtonian telescope that was invented by Sir Isaac Newton.
Refracting telescopes use lenses to bend instead of reflect light to make a sharp image and are generally more powerful and more expensive compared to the reflecting telescopes.
Summary:
The first and the foremost thing is that this company i.e. the Takahashi which was into making metal parts for many years decided to make its own brand of telescopes all though they are expensive they have given good results so far and are one of the number one companies in this field of manufacturing telescopes on the international market. They originally used the reflective technology to manufacture the telescopes and later on they also started manufacturing the refractive type of telescopes. All in all if you have the time, money and dedication for pursuing this hobby then this brand of telescope is the right one for you. You have further been given the choice of buying it from Land, Sea & Sky of Texas which will look into all the technical problems in case they did arise.
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