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Old 21-03-2019, 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by gregbradley View Post
I've had a look at some WO scopes. Some look interesting. They all look good with the bright coloured anodising.

I also like the Stellarvue SVQ100. Seems like a competitor to an FSQ106.

The thing about an FSQ that no one else seems to be able to match is the large backfocus plus an 88mm corrected circle. So a 16803 chip can produce round stars to the corners.
Hence the reason I asked how "serious" it needed to be...

A smaller scope and a smaller camera (with smaller pixels) can give you the same FOV and resolution, or better. All I'm saying is that it doesn't have to be big and heavy to be productive
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