Skywatcher ED80 Esprit Reducer ?

[Ice]

Hello,

Has anyone that owns a Esprit 80ED managed to successfully fit a reducer (Not a Flattener) to the Esprit 80ED, I've been told that there is no reducer available ? I want to Esprit 80 but I want to achieve the widest FOV possible. I'm aware that it comes complete with a field flattener that works very well, but that leaves me with 80mm X 400mm, Any feedback will be much appreciated :) If you have pictures or any info that would be handy as well :thumbsup:

[xelasnave]

Just get closer to your target☺
Alex

[Slawomir]

I’m aware of one vendor selling 80mm Esprit with TS 0.79 reducer so perhaps this reducer-scope combo yields acceptable results.

[Camelopardalis]

Ivan, I’ve been experimenting with the APM Riccardi reducer on my Esprit 100 and it seems to work OK. Haven’t quite nailed the spacing required for decent performance on a full frame, but looks good on a smaller chip.

I’d imagine it’d work with Esprit 80...although the Riccardi reducer is quite a chunk of glass and might not fit inside the Esprit 80 focuser tube. The 100 has a 3” focuser tube, fortunately.

[Nikolas]

I have the ed80 version not the triplet and managed to use my celestron f6.3 reducer on it with adapters

[Ukastronomer]

Is this one

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/pro-series/skywatcher-85x-reducer-flattener-for-ed80.html

[Slawomir]

This one has been designed for Evostar ED doublet (600mm FL) not Esprit(400mm FL).

[Ukastronomer]

:(