Hello all,
Thanks Flash. It's interesting to see how people have travelled and where they have ended up. Maybe I'll start a new post on people's ep histories and how they have progressed? It might be helpful to us newer astronomers.
Hi MattT, Thanks for the post. I did see those while researching and deliberated quite a lot. I put them, their (Astrotech/Sterling) high grade plossls, Explore Scientific wides and TV plossls in the shopping cart many times. I suppose in the end I decided to go with the orthos because their qualities seemed to suit what I was after.
Small field of view - I had read lately that this aids in viewing more detail. (Up for debate on how you describe more detail!)
Good glass.
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Weight
Their ablility to teach me how to use my scope as best I can. Every thing gets easier from here on in if you get my drift. This probably wouldn't suit everybody though. I am a bit of a challenge nut.
Brian I have read that the Baader ortho's were quite good. I think that they went by the wayside too not long ago. I haven't seen any here for sale and I think I've only seen one ortho the whole time since starting here on icies. I think the baaders AG Hybrid was referring to if you haven't seen them yet are these ones which have only just come out.
http://www.teleskop-express.de/shop/...ro/Baader.html
Thanks for the replies and regards
Simmo