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Originally Posted by janoskiss
Wow this scope is great!
No false colour on any brighter stars I managed to get a look at. Alpha centauri is two beautiful Airy disks with perfect circular symmetry. Interestingly, there is colour (purples, blues and greens) in the diffraction rings when the star images are defocused, but when they are in focus all the colours merge, the image just snaps into focus beautifully. I am absolutely rapt with this purchase.  |
Exactly the same as my experience with this scope. Looks like you got a good one
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I bought this primarily as a grab-and-go scope, so not sure if I want an EQ at this stage.
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I put mine on an eq3 I had and found it cumbersome to use. You'll use it mostly at low powers and an alt-az is just so much nicer not to mention lighter. Putting such a scope on a heavy eq mount takes away much of the "grab and go factor". Check what I did to convert my eq3 to an alt-az in this thread
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ead.php?t=2916