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Originally Posted by stanlite
Hi everyone,
Well Astrofest has done it again and i am now looking to go into the world of APO refractors.
My budget is roughly $3.5k to $4k and given my imager (QHY9) I am probably looking at getting a 100 to 110 mm scope.
Now this is a crowded field in the refractor market and my knowledge of Refractors is not the greatest.
the models that have perked my interest so far are as follows,
Stellavue SVR102-T
APM 107-700
William Optics A 102FTL
All these scopes are within my budget (ablit two would have to be imported as i can't find Australian suppliers). I was wondering what peoples opinions of them where (atm i am leaning towards the SVR102). Also if people have any other OTA suggestions.
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I have had 2 Stellarvue refractors and can't speak highly enough of them.
I have no experience of the other 2
You could also consider a Takahashi FC100DC or DF-They are also in your price range. I have an FC100DF on order, but of course cannot tell you anything about it at the moment.