Orion ED80T CF (carbon fibre, triplet apo)

dugnsuz (Doug) · #1 09-06-2010, 10:39 PM

Just saw this on the Orion website - a new ED80 carbon fibre triplet apo with FPL-53 glass + all the usual bells and whistles for $699US.

http://www.telescope.com/control/pro...oduct_id=09525

Anyone heard anything about these scopes?

Cheers
Doug

renormalised (Carl) · #2 10-06-2010, 12:19 AM

Looks alright. If I had the money I'd order one, give it a test run.

riklaunim · #3 10-06-2010, 12:35 AM

It could be something made by stellarvue or factory that makes also stellarvue scopes

gregbradley · #4 10-06-2010, 12:44 AM

Pretty amazing bang for your buck.

Greg.

MrB (Simon) · #5 10-06-2010, 12:44 AM

I like!

Octane (Humayun) · #6 10-06-2010, 12:44 AM

You're an evil man, Doug.

I want one.

H

dugnsuz (Doug) · #7 10-06-2010, 08:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Octane

You're an evil man, Doug.

I want one.

H

Got to wait till 30.6.10 - it's our very own astro version of the iPad!!!!

Stumbled upon this after looking at the TMB 80SS triplet at astronomics.
There's a test on Craig Stark's blog page which shows there's still edge coma with this type of design though, so a flattener is still required!
The PFlat 2 did a great job with the f6.3 TMB scope - might be good for the Orion too?

Who would have thought that CF triplets are now becoming entry level price scopes!!
Fun times eh?
Doug

lacad01 (Adam) · #8 10-06-2010, 08:19 AM

Wow! That's pretty darn good.

[1ponders] (Paul) · #9 10-06-2010, 08:53 AM

You are a evil and cruel man Doug and should be soundly flogged.

Will they ship it here

sejanus (Gavin) · #10 10-06-2010, 09:20 AM

Bintel said they were getting it.

dugnsuz (Doug) · #11 10-06-2010, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sejanus

Bintel said they were getting it.

Did they mention $$$$$????
Doug

sejanus (Gavin) · #12 10-06-2010, 11:00 AM

$1050 i think

MrB (Simon) · #13 10-06-2010, 12:04 PM

Ewww

$200 more than the RRP
Aussies are gettin' gouged again.
www.telescope.com don't ship internationaly, might have to look into one of those shipping forwarding services.....

GrampianStars (Rob) · #14 10-06-2010, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dugnsuz

Just saw this on the Orion website - a new ED80 carbon fibre triplet apo with FPL-53 glass + all the usual bells and whistles for $699US.
http://www.telescope.com/control/pro...oduct_id=09525
Cheers
Doug

Quote:

Originally Posted by sejanus

Bintel $1050 i think

as of 2day US $699 = Au $833 + GST = Au $916 +freight
So Bintel price is

[1ponders] (Paul) · #15 10-06-2010, 02:19 PM

I'll resist for the time being and wait for the h0ughy review to come out.

floyd_2 (Dean) · #16 10-06-2010, 03:21 PM

That scope looks similar to my Stellarvue SV80ED Raptor guidescope...

The Orion weighs in at 6lbs (including diagonal), the SV80 at 4lb (excluding diagonal). It's a similar weight to the non CF tube 80mm doublets, only with triplet optics and a CF tube. Nice

Dean