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Old 01-02-2009, 02:29 PM
Zuts
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Originally Posted by rogerg View Post
Bump.

Really hoping for some feedback on this telescope to help my decision on which 80mm to get.

Thanks,
Roger.
I used to own this scope. It is great for astrophotography though it does need a field flattener. For visual, remember it is very fast; around F6 i remember so it needs a high power eyepiece to get any magnification. This is not ideal of course as it is only 80mm. At low visual powers it exhibits a fair bit of field curvature.

So for photography, pretty good and not as heavy as an ED80. For visual at low powers, maybe it was my eyes but I wouldn't bother. Certainly my TV85 does not behave like this.

If you search for some of my earlier posts in deep space imaging i posted a few examples taken with this setup using a DSLR. You need to find some examples just prior to my upgrade to an SBIG/TV85 combo as in the beginning I was just learning and of course at this stage the photos do not do justice to the scope.

Cheers
Paul
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