I guess that even within seemingly quite narrow sub-categories no one scope can really do it all perfectly although all the suggestions will do a reasonable job of most.
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Originally Posted by Camelopardalis
if I was buying again now purely for imaging I'd probably stretchy the piggy bank a bit more and go for the GTF81 or [swoon] Star71.
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Nice pics Dunk! I hadn't heard of the star 71 before but it sure sounds nice. Kind of expensive though.
Any idea about the old Megrez 72 FD? Similar to the Zenithstar colour-correction wise?
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Originally Posted by Wavytone
Pete, according to your OP you already have a 102mm f/7 refractor and an 80mm f/10 Mak. To be honest it leaves me scratching my head as to why you really want another small scope than is within a factor of 2 of the aperture/focal length of scopes you already have...
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The 102mm is simply too big and heavy for grab and go and way too big to take to an overseas eclipse. I did manage to drag it up to Cairns by plane
but never again.
The 80mm Mak isn't exactly high-quality (it was all I could afford in 1988) or fast (f11) but it's light and easy to carry.
The next eclipse I'm planning on is the US in 2017 so there's no great hurry to buy something.
Having a good widefield astrograph might give me the chance to collect some data on M31 & the like whilst I'm over there.
Mind you I'm planning to take the family on the trip so I probably need more than just one extra scope for that trip
