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Originally Posted by FrostyXIII
I just had a look online at a store here in melb. This scope (SkyWatcher 102mm Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope) is going for $699 with EQ2.
F/L: 1300. Focal Ratio: 12.7.
Would this scope be better than an ED80?
In its description it advises this scope can be used for astrophotography.
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Scopes with long focal lengths are much more difficult to achieve accurate tracking and certainly would not be considered as beginner imaging scopes. 1300mm isn't very long but at f12.7 it will not collect much light onto your photo sensor and make exposure times very long for deepsky objects. I would have thought that the ED80 would be a better imaging scope. It is however a much longer scope physically and probably a bit harder to carry around than the little mak.
Visually the mak will collect more light than the ED80 and you would see more through it. However for about the same price you could get a 200mm dob and see much more.