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Originally Posted by danielsun
I was at bintel checking them out and comparing them yesterday.day time viewing i couldnt see too much difference between them.
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You probably won't see much difference between them during daylight hours Daniel. Unless its a particularly bad scope, (ie. my old 60mm tasco with the click out zoom eyepiece), or you now what specifically to look for. It's when you put it to the test under night skies of extreme contrast of star/planet/moon and night sky that any chromatic aberation will become obvious.
FWIW IMHO unless you are only going to use if for viewing or autoguiding I would definately get the Orion/Saxon/Skywatcher ED80 over the 80 express. Yes it (80 Express) is a more compact design and the overall look, size and build is better, but in the long run it comes down to the quality of the optics and the ED 80 will leave it for dead in imaging.