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Old 26-09-2012, 01:00 AM
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Reflecting on Refracting

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Hi Chris,
I'm a refractorholic like Brian Ihave a 100ED Saxon ED, which is light and brilliant, next to no 'false' colour. Nice scope. I see you are after a short frac...any reason other than it's easy to pick up and go? I would say get a Badder semi-apo filter to go with a short frac. I use mine in a 6" f8 achro and it turns the moon a creamy white colour and no false colours anywhere to be seen. Ditto Jupiter. Everthing else in the sky needs no filter. I suppose that 'false' colour does not bother me at all ...would rather use my 6" refractor than my 8" f5 reflector. So I would go for the largest lens you can get.
As for eyepieces, ES are the ultimate value for money...while on sale. Mine are 82* 6.7/8.8/11 and 68* 16/20 and 28mm... great eyepieces if you don't need eye relief.
Hope this is of some help.
Matt
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