Zenithstar 80 ED II

[andrew2008]

Looking for some opinions on this OTA for astrophotography and visual observing. Mount is a HEQ5 which i will try to use for AP unguided until i get a guide scope. It comes with a red dot finder but i have a telrad so was wondering if this would fit or work just as well also.

Was looking for a SW 80ED but seems everyone is sold out until the end of November and figure i may as well spend a bit extra. The saxon is in stock but with rings and everything is only a couple of hundred dollars less.

[dannat]

Wo make good mid level scopes - focuser is usually better than standard chinese one & optics are usually good
an 80mm will not how much visually , but is very popular for astophotography.
i am not sure about fitting telrad - the Wo scope i had only had one small screw hole to atach a finder - don't know if a telrad would sit there - i think it will be a bit big