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Old 07-09-2021, 07:10 AM
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Tak FS series are doublets. Sometimes an FS102 comes up. A bit heavy though for 102mm but its a fluorite doublet and quite well corrected.

Doublets usually have a degree of chromatic aberration typically blue. That shows up as coloured fringes on bright objects visually and blue rings around bright stars in images.

Apparently a highly corrected doublet is possible - Agema doublets.

https://www.agemaoptics.com/

The graph comparing various high end refractors is interesting.

An ED80 is a very common starting scope that performs well, is inexpensive and will even do some decent imaging.



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