Need help comparing telescopes

[skairey]

Morning everyone,
Can any of you help me with comparisons with tree telescopes I have been browsing on the web, to be used for astrophotography.

I/ Orion Sirius 80ED EQ-G refractor f7.5
2/ Skyview Pro 80ED EQ f7.5
3/ Astro optical has offered a Saxon OTA, but I have no further information on this one as yet.

I am hoping someone owns or has tried any or all of the above that could help me with the comparisons, I don't want to just take the salesman's choice or favourite I'd like your opinions too.

Any help would be much appreciated.

[ballaratdragons]

Hi Sandy.

All of the scopes you have mentioned are the same scope, so no comparison is needed. These ED80's all come from the same factory but get labelled with different names: 'Orion, Saxon, Skywatcher, etc', and get painted different colours.

All have the same Crayford Focuser too :thumbsup:

The ONLY ED80 in this quality range that is not from the same factory is the 'Celestron 80ED'., which has a few quirks that many owners of them don't like eg: the dewshield falls of easily.

The only difference in the ones you name is the mount.

[skairey]

Thank you Ken
I didn't know that they were made in the same factory.
Yummy, I'll check them out. From the write ups, I liked the sound of the Skyview Pro and Sirius. Can't wait to see them.

Thanks again Ken :jump: