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Old 09-11-2017, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by drrockso View Post
These bintel EPs. How are they compared to say Celestron or Baader?
I haven't got any Baader EPs, a few Celestron plossls. I'd say the SV's compare very well with the Celestron gear, they are made by GSO and in fact they probably all come out of the same factory in China anyway.

But they have good eye relief, are reasonably flat to the edge of the field and for beginners especially won't break the piggy bank while they see if Astronomy is for them. They were certainly good enough on my first 114\f8 Newt on an EQ3 to get me hooked and were a huge improvement over the supplied factory plossl that came with it.. I still use them the most if I ever eyeball the skies. I sometimes do that while the camera is running a sequence. I have an 150\f6 Newt, a 200\f8 Newt and an 80\f11 Refractor to also play with.
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