I am impressed with L.P. telescopes. I have one of their 80 mm /500 mm. achros with FMC lens. It has excellent build qualities. The images are almost equal to my S.V. 80mm Night Hawk achro. Just as a side issue - the L.P. possls appear to have equal good optical and build qualities. I have the 17 mm version called the 'Sterling'. It is FMC with a 55 degree FOV. Mine gives good contrasty images that are sharp on and off axis. They get good reviews on the C.N.s forum. Andrews have a L.P. 'planetary' E.P. version which appears different to the Sterlings - so unsure of availabilty of the Sterling possls.
Hope you enjoy your scope. A review would be great.
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