Pete good one, I think Meade, Celestron and the rest all come out of China or Taiwan nowadays so all the lens will be done by machine, some will be good, some will be average the same goes for the GSO RC.
Clive this is a link to Centaurus A taken by me with my RC, this is uncropped
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/a...se.php?a=57379
it's a lot dimmer than Eta amd IMO has potential
Regards