Are Telescope Prices Going Up Again?! Some of the answers were unsatisfying. Telescope Talk Ep. 2 @deepskydetail

Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 20 hours ago

I've been worried about astro prices for some time. But, with new proposed tariffs, will prices go higher in the U.S.? In episode 2 of Telescope Talk, we go over tariffs, and I asked three telescope companies to respond.

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00:00 Intro
00:27 The Budget Minded Consumer
03:11 What is Being Proposed?
05:37 When?
06:26 The Responses

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Are Telescope Prices Going Up Again?! Some of the answers were unsatisfying. Telescope Talk Ep. 2

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