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Old 20-01-2007, 12:22 PM
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Orion Q70 - New 2" SWA EPs

Hi Everyone,

I saw these new 2" EPs on the Orion site. http://www.telescope.com/shopping/pr...oductID=259505

They are called Q70 and give 70 degree views. They are being listed quite a bit cheaper than the stratus equivelent.

Does anybody know anything more about these EPs? I'm keen to know what they might be like in my f5 Dob.

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Dave.
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Old 20-01-2007, 01:20 PM
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At a guess probably not very good.

There are lots of new widefield EPs coming out in the low-to-mid price range that are promising/hoped to be good performers in fast scopes. Celestron has new super and ultrawides, Baader added 2" superwides to their Hyperion lineup, and there are a whole bunch of different ones under the Saxon banner (should have arrived in Oz or about to) ... just to name some of them.
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Old 20-01-2007, 11:01 PM
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Erik Wilcox from Cloudy Nights bought one that is much the same. He did a review on it here ----> http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthrea...l/fpart/1/vc/1
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Old 21-02-2007, 03:20 PM
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Orion Q70's

Astromart.com has a very favorable review.
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Old 21-02-2007, 10:25 PM
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Sounds interesting, though the Cloudy Nights review did include the following line:

"in my f/4.5 dob with a paracorr, here's what i found"

I suspect the paracorr may have helped "clean up" the image re aberations, etc, in the fast scope can someone with more knowledge confirm or deny that?
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