I just haven’t done a side by side comparison on a difficult target or two yet – but I will. But it wouldn’t surprise me if the Jason objective equaled or exceeded the Unitron. The optics are excellent and the elegantly solid and simple alt-az mount is as good as any I’ve ever used. I love it and I feel it performs flawlessly. ![]() My measuring rod – my touchstone, if you will – is my Unitron 114 refractor. ![]() I just paid $75 for a used Jason 60mm, f/15.2 equatorial refractor Model 313 Discoverer – and after first light this morning I would declare the objective lens excellent, if not exceptional, and the mechanics are a cut above an awful lot of stuff sold today to beginners – or for that matter, some stuff sold 30-50 years ago as well. 965 eyepieces when any “real” telescope by that time had 1.25 inch eyepieces. What we serious amateur astronomers warned newcomers to the hobby not to buy. ![]() ![]() It was a classic “department store” scope to me back then. In fact, I would have turned up my nose at the idea that anything named “Jason” could be any good. In 1977, when this scope was new, I would never have bought it.
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