LZOS 105/650 f6.2 Carbon Fibre APO

[Celts88]

Hi All

I've been a bit silly and got another scope (from Astromart) :P

I've currently got a WO GT-71 & 81 (yes both, but will need to sell one as silly having both), but when I saw this on Astromart I thought it would be a good choice for grab and go when travelling around Oz in our caravan. Got an Avalon M-Zero so can handle the weight of one or both scopes if I get adventurous.

Think I've done the right thing???

PS, Mods if this post is in the wrong section can you move to the right one please, thanks.

[MortonH]

Those LZOS lenses are supposed to be as good as it gets. How can that be wrong? ;)

[AlexN]

LZOS optical systems are sublime, especially when, like this one, it is a TMB design.

The first gen William Optics FLT-110's and FLT-132's all had TMB designed, LZOS lenses and were utterly amazing!

You'd be hard pressed to get a better triplet APO...

If you decide that you're going to sell a scope, and for some STRANGE reason, this is the scope you decide to let go, Just remember - I called dibbs first!

I miss my TMB scope a great deal, I should never have sold it.

[Celts88]

Morton / Alex

Thanks for the replies.

The only reason I mentioned wrong is buying another scope when I've already got a GT-71 & 81 and haven't even started astro yet. As you say with the LZOS 105 I can't go wrong.

Also lucky that Barry C. had a Riccardi 0.75x Reducer / Flattener so I'll have that to take photos, and give me the option of 487mm at f4.65

Cheers, John

[gregbradley]

105/F6.2 is a good formula for a widefield APO.

I have a CFF 105 F6 and it's fabulous. I intend to image with it a lot more than I have.

Greg.