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Old 09-05-2016, 11:38 AM
ausastronomer (John Bambury)
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Originally Posted by jeelan View Post
I've been doing a fair bit of visual observation with the 80mm APO - i'm guessing that being a faster scope Im better of getting a 1.25" filter for this and screwing into the eyepieces? I'm using the Pentax XW with this scope.

cheers
Jeelan
Hi Jeelan,

The ED80T is an F6 refractor and it more than likely will work fine with the filters screwed onto the diagonal. I would certainly be trying that option first, before discarding it.

Cheers,
John B
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