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Old 13-03-2019, 09:50 PM
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smallish good refractors for imaging

I am looking to get a relatively small and light refractor to complement widefield imaging.

Weight around 5-6kgs or less.

I have found these to be interesting although not a lot about them:

1. TS Optics 86mm F5.8 petzval. 60mm imaging circle:

https://www.teleskop-express.de/shop...field-APO.html

60mm is big enough for even a Proline 16803.

2. William Optics GT81 with reducer:

https://williamoptics.com/products/t...ran-turismo-81

reducer and flattener available with up to full frame corrected circle (a fraction less).

3. Astrotech AT 92mm F5.5 triplet:

https://www.astronomics.com/astro-te...actor-ota.html

This last does not seem to offer a flattener or reducer nor give any spec about the imaging circle or what the ED element is (therefore probably FPL51 which is quite a bit inferior to FPL53).

Any thoughts or suggestions of other scopes?

Greg.
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