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Originally Posted by quokka
Dugnsuz, do you have anything more on the AOE80 now you've had it for a little while? Better or worse than your initial impressions?
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Perhaps I would soften on my initial impression a little.
At lower powers the scope is really pretty good - objective lens is nicely multicoated, widefield views are very nice. At low power CA is noticeable (but not horrible) on brighter objects - Jupiter, Moon.
Higher powers (over 100x) are more telling and other factors come into play too...the R+P focuser is a bit sticky (even after Super Lube treatment) and doesn't help in achieving critical focussing.
For Grab and Go/ Wide Field viewing it will be good I reckon. Price is right as stated.
OTA can be bought seperately and comes with tube rings but no diagonal for $195, and as you said in the original post I don't think they're Synta scopes. Best to contact AOE re the source.
Cheers
Doug
ps... fantastic guidescope!