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Originally Posted by AlexN
The Orion/Skywatcher 80mm ED scopes are all very good, and cheaper than the WO M88. The SV scopes are brilliant too.. What I've heard is that they are all hand tested, and the final QA test is done by the owner of the company, ensuring great quality out of the box..
The type of glass in a refractor is made out to be the absolute be all and end all of quality optics... The glass helps, but it is definitely not the only factor... Figuring, designing, spacing and mating of the lenses mean far far more than the glass... FPL53 is touted these days by nearly every "APO" manufacturer as if that is what creates a good refractor.. Sadly, its not that simple.. My friend in the USA has an FPL51 130mm triplet and a FPL53 130mm triplet, the FPL51 scope was made by Astro-Physics, the other was from Explore Scientific... Clearly, the Astrophysics scopes views destroyed the views from the ES scope, colour correction was much better from the FPL51 lens, despite Orion/Skywatcher/William Optics saying FPL53 ensures perfect colour correction...
Its all in the marketing..
of the scopes you've mentioned, the Orion 80mm and the SV 90 would be my pick.. the SV being option number 1...
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Tks for the replies,
I like the look of the Orion and it price is good for me. I like the way the focuser also swivels.
Looks like this will be the go for what I need for now seems everyone thinks they are excellent value for the quality.
Matt.