Thanks Tim,
You're quite right... just double checked my original post & saw that I completely left out DSO which, is exactly my intent
I have pretty much decided for the reasons others have mentioned (& which closely align with my own thought processes) to go down the APO route & will be looking very closely at the TS Optics scopes as well as keeping an eye out on the classifieds here...
Still not sure whether or not to go with 80mm or stepup in size to a 102mm.. will be looking closely in the coming months at dimensions, box sizes (for transporting) and of course.. cost...
Cheers
Carlton
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Originally Posted by tvandoore
It depends what you're aiming to do. You mentioned planetary but as you're taking about eq mount and longer exposures, I'll assume you're aiming towards DSO imaging.
I'd say to go with an 80mm triplet APO and a reducer/flattener. You can get to f4.8 with that combo pretty easily (ie the ES80 and Orion 0.8ff/fr).
I have the 130mm version of the TS scope mentioned below and have always been impressed with it.
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