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Originally Posted by Mittay
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I think it is the same scope: made by Synta.
Looking around they seem to be selling (new) for well over $1000, and with f8 you won't have as much trouble with CA, so I would think that price is pretty good. (For that price I personally would be very tempted, but I think my wife might notice: it is a big telescope!) I suspect that you will love the views at low to medium power compared to a reflector, because the star images are so much nicer, and you should get really nice contrast as well. It should be great for nebulae and clusters. (I have seen some comments that it more than holds its own against 8" reflectors for DSO's, but is not so hot on the moon or planets at high power because of the CA.)
So it is unlikely you will really need a filter or resort to reducing the aperture unless you are going really high power on bright objects like Jupiter and get annoyed with the colour fringes.
By the way, for what it is worth I have corresponded frequently with a guy in Germany who is a bit of a guru on optics, especially binoculars. His "go-to" scope is a 150mm f5 Synta, and he is very happy with it for low and medium power fields (although he does use Swarovski and Zeiss eyepieces that tend to negate a lot of the CA).
Good luck, and let us know if you get it and your "first light" impressions.
- Dean