No my Ed80 was the origonal ED80 made by Synta , these are considered to be the APO bargian of the century ( they started it all around the year 2000ish) , up there with the Celestron C8 had been the game changer in amateaur astronomy .
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Before the ED80 there was not an APO at 80mm to be had under $1500us , the Ed80 was $900 , then $600 , a bargian .
LP and others jumped onto the band wagon , using Chineese FPL53 , ( The 1st Synta ED80's used Japaneese FPL53 , then went chineese ) which is just as good .
But todays ED80's have a better buid as I said before , like the 90mm LP's , the build is awsome nice scopes built to last , cant be faulted Chris .
Go the 90mm , or 102 as Laurie said ,
You wont go wrong mate .
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Oh yea your EQ3,2 will hold either of these with ease .
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Originally Posted by Chris85
Thank you both again for your replies. 
Brain when you said you'd choose the 90 over the 80, were you referring to the LP ED80? If so wouldn't the quality be the same if they come form the same factory?
I understand the the extra aperture would be pretty sweet, but I'll be using the scope on my eq 3-2 so weight is an issue.
And Laurie with NG did they give you that option to use TNT?
Any thoughts on eyepieces as mentioned in my original post? |