Hello, I am trying to find a good, out of the box, Newtonian. I live in the USA and basically will have to import something. I am very interested in the Artesky Artec 200 EZ. I only see Space Koala posted a great review but was trying to find any more information out before shelling out and importing a scope. Anything is helpful at this point as it seems to be a rarely used optic aside from a few very nice images on here.
Thanks
These artesky newts look fantastic but the prices are very very rich. I use a skywatcher 250pds and completely cannibalised it to something really great. Lacerta, ts optics and orion optics make a premium newt. There is also another chinese made premium newt on aliexpress looks super nice. Thats all that come to my mind. I recommend rebuilding a used gso or skywatcher newt
Jord
I am finding its either premium scopes or things that need fixed to be made pretty good. Not really any in between. The more I learn about the Carbonstar 200 the less I am interested
The carbon star properly just needs some fiddling with. Even that fancy artesky will need that too at some point too! Cost of the artesky is… it’s unbelievable 😒
It is a parabolic newtonian, not hyperbolic. The latters trend to be expensive but exceptionally good. Some examples are : Tak epsilon, ASA N8/10/12.
I can attest to the OOUK AG16 I had, it was a great newtonian.
I am unfamiliar with what parabolic and hyperbolic means
Yes, the Artec is certainly very expensive, but you can't compare it to a “normal” Newtonian telescope. The 3“ Prodigy OAZ and the 3” corrector alone cost €1,800, and then there's the full carbon tube, which is more expensive than a sandwich construction. The mirrors will be of higher quality, etc. To be fair, I think you have to compare it with the Orion AG8, for example, and then you're in the same price range. The question is, of course, how much better the images will be in the end, whether the extra cost is worth it, but if I understand Thomas correctly, he is also concerned with maximum stability and ease of adjustment.
CS Sascha
It’s a nice scope and if someone gave me one, I’m sure I’d be very happy. Of course, that’s not going to happen, that means I get to nit-pick.
I’m not sure what camera this is designed for but with a 39mm 100% illuminated field and 55mm corrected field, it’s bigger than full frame. This forces a very large 44% obstruction, most F/4 Newts are about 35%. This is going to reduce contrast.
Quartz mirrors are nice but not unusual and won’t give you a better image than any other material once thermally settled.
Fairy dust flocking….ok.
Structural CF tube, uhhh, ok.
1/8th wave (in what color light?) is good but at this price point and diameter I would expect a premium mirror, 10th wave or better.
If you have the camera that would demand the specifications this scope delivers then I would suspect that the price of the scope itself would be a minor point. If you don’t, then there’s no point in buying capability you’ll never use.
Sascha Ebeler · Feb 20, 2026 at 08:09 AM
Yes, the Artec is certainly very expensive, but you can't compare it to a “normal” Newtonian telescope. The 3“ Prodigy OAZ and the 3” corrector alone cost €1,800, and then there's the full carbon tube, which is more expensive than a sandwich construction. The mirrors will be of higher quality, etc. To be fair, I think you have to compare it with the Orion AG8, for example, and then you're in the same price range. The question is, of course, how much better the images will be in the end, whether the extra cost is worth it, but if I understand Thomas correctly, he is also concerned with maximum stability and ease of adjustment.
CS Sascha
Yea I have to carry it outside every night and needs to be ok with light moving without losing collimation constantly.
Thomas Rider:
Yea I have to carry it outside every night and needs to be ok with light moving without losing collimation constantly.
there are Australian options too, but of similar price (high end):
I thank everyone for their thoughts.
Jon Woodhead · Feb 21, 2026 at 10:38 AM
there are Australian options too, but of similar price (high end):
Thats very nice too! I never heard of this brand (but thats just my inexperience). Scope looks the business but I think that about $7700 US. Ouch lol
I’ll drop some more vendors to give them some visibility, zero affiliation with them:
https://doctelescope.com/newtonian-telescope-structure/
https://nauris.de/index.php/en/telescopes/vates-astrograph#Idee
andrea tasselli · Feb 20, 2026 at 08:23 AM
It looks both wasteful and boastful and at 13 kgs with a massive CO I wouldn't even start considering it with that price tag. Maybe if you go medium format?
boastful? really? on a site full of people will million dollar setups?
John Hudson:
boastful? really? on a site full of people will million dollar setups?