TMB is a set of initials Thomas M Bach - His lenses are very highly respected. TMB APO's are among the best..
Shorter focal lengths are good for a few reasons..
* More forgiving for someone beginning imaging.
* Nice wide fields of view (some love it, some hate it)
* Scopes with wide FOV's are usually smaller, easier to mount up, easier to balance
out of everything mentioned in this thread, (excluding the Tak), In order of what I'd buy
TMB (If you can get one)
Stellarvue
Wo megrez 90/Meade 5000 triplet (equal 2nd place)
Wo Megrez 102/SV102ED - much the same scope, the SV may be margainly better
EON80/Equinox 80 (Same scope, different name)
SW ED80/Orion ED80 (again, same scope different name)
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