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Crunch time - Which Scope?
Hi, friends. Thanks for all your advice under my earlier thread ('Which Scope?). I have now reduced my quest for a new telescope to the following models (I do not wish to buy a large reflector of any type – that could come later) and would appreciate any feedback or experience any of you have had with them. I have read about them all, consulted one or two optical testing sites (where some dubious Strehl ratio claims appear) and have “narrowed” the field to these (not in any order of priority):
1. LZOS-APM 152mm APO triplet LW II (F7.9) - 3.5” Starlight focuser
2. CFF 160mm APO Triplet (F6.5) – 3.5” Starlight focuser
3. Takahashi TOA 150 APO triplet (F7.33) – great scope, weak focuser
4. CFF 140mm APO triplet (F6.5) - 3.5” Starlight focuser
5. Takahashi TOA 130NFB
6. Takahashi FSQ 130 ED APO quintuplet
I would put the Officina Stellare HiPer APO 130mm at the top of this list but, alas, It is no longer in production
Hardly a narrow list, I know...
My purpose is visual observing with the best quality refractor I can buy. What are your thoughts / experiences with any of these? I am going to make a decision by next week as this is becoming increasingly difficult.
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