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Originally Posted by issdaol
I have to try out a few good quality zoom EP's the only one I looked through recently I was not overly enthused by but might be nice to have a good one 
I don't think I would classify EP's over 60 degree as a "luxury" for GOTO/Tracking scopes.......
I would suggest they are equally suitable for both depending on the scope, targets and the views someone prefers
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There are a bunch of Zooms out there. I started with the Celestron zoom which is fine. It certainly showed me the value of a zoom eyepiece and it became my main eyepiece in my Plossl, Erfile and similar class eyepiece stage. As I moved more toward Explore Scientific and Meade 5000 82 degree eyepieces I researched better zooms.
The one that seems to come up over and over again among the quality eyepiece community is the Baader Hyperion 8-24 Mark III and now the newer Mark IV zoom. I picked up an older model and have to say I am very happy with it. It is now my main eyepiece for my Orion XT8i. Even the ES 82 8.8, which falls within the range, is seeing less use than before. And I really like it in my 2X 2" barlow.
Give the Baader Hyperion a try.