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Originally Posted by brian nordstrom
 No my Ed80 was the origonal ED80 made by Synta , these are considered to be the APO bargian of the centuty ( they started it all around the year 2000ish) , up there with the Celestron C8 had been the game changer in amateaur astronomy .  .
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 .  .
By the way, LP90 uses FPL51 glass, not FPL53
Oh yea your EQ3,2 will hold either of these with ease .
Brian. |
Hi Brian-got my Stellarview Nitehawk Next Generation 80mm ED today-very impressive. Had a quick look at the moon and Beta Centauri, and I could see no false colour up to 100x, and lunar image was razor sharp
By the way, LP90mm uses FPL51 glass, not FPL53