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G'day Henry, what eyepieces do you have?
Despite the Mak's long focal length, a 32mm Plössl will still give 1.1° true field of view at 46x, which is reasonably low and reasonably wide. Lower and wider, you are talking rich-field scope, like a small refractor (achromat like the ST80 is OK because you have the Mak for anything an achro won't do well), or Carlton's newtonian. The SW 127 Mak appears to allow 2" fittings too, so a 2" eyepiece could also give a wider view, although vignetting will probably be introduced by the baffle tube before you exhaust the TFOV that 2" eyepieces allow in theory. Hope that helps
Edit: Just re-read your post, and equipment list - are the two 130mm scopes off limits for use with the kids? Trying them out will at least give a rough idea what (if anything) the Mak is actually lacking...
Last edited by N1; 17-03-2020 at 10:29 AM.
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