Orion 80mm

[AdrianF]

Well after much thinking I finally purchased an Orion 80mm short tube scope. Bought it through Bintel and it came complete with scope, guide rings, dovetail and extension tube for $329 oh and it also had Starry Night Special Edition and Sky Theatre. Initial verdict is not a bad scope but unfortunatly the clouds have rolled in so havent tried it yet and I will be in Sydney on Tuesday for a week so I will have to wait to try it out.

Adrian

[mithrandir]

They've changed the package. It didn't used to have those. :(

[AdrianF]

I like the software but havent had much time to play with it.

Adrian

[dpastern]

That sounds so tempting!

Dave

[AdrianF]

Nice scope for what it is I should have bought one earlier.

Adrian

[Robbie]

If you were going to use it for astrophotography the extra 100 bux would have been well spent on the ED80 the plain 80mm shorty is just for use as a guide scope from what Ive heard. However the ED version gets very good reviews for its price to optics ratio I know I have more fun imaging with the little ed80 than I do with the meade 10"
just my humble opinion of course.