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Old 17-03-2012, 11:09 PM
brian nordstrom (As avatar)
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Thanks Matt , When I started out in stargazing many years ago ,,,,,with a pair of 8x40 bino's I would have given my left arm for a 102mm refractor , short or long focus , it does not matter , its what the scope is good at , and these Synta made scopes are very good , . My ED 80 is tribute to that .
Hope your ears are on there , Andrew , enjoy your beauty. .the night sky is free ...
Brian
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Originally Posted by MattT View Post
Hi Andrew,
I have the Skywatcher version of this scope and it's a little ripper! I love it.

What Brian says is spot on. I got it as a 'grab and go' scope and have it mounted on my 6" refractor as a wide field viewer. It's not that great on the moon and planets, lots of chromatic aberration, which makes puts a purple haze over the view but great on stars etc.
hope that helps, Matt
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