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Aphelion, yes the swat 80 is a short focal length refractor.I am not a big fan of it's tripod - the scope doesn't detach easily & the side mounting isn't very sturdy, it would not be my choice
Andrews have the celestron 90mm you are looking at for 465 and the smaller 65mm mak/cass for $160 - which is not bad seeing as though it is waterproof. I think the magnification with included ep is 30-70, and it mounts on standard phto tripod, or you can buy one of the cheap mimi tripods.
In theory a premium refractor would give a better look, but the refractor you are looking at wouldn;t be much better in my opinion. I had a small mak/ass and I could not fault it's optics, even though it was less expensive
daniel
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