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Originally Posted by Profiler
"  Peter I would put my Istar 127mm f8 achro up against your TV85 on Saturn any day , the Istar would win in every way .
that's my opinion ." |
Profiler - Saturn as an example of comparative performance between Acros and Apos is a classic red herring for an example . Saturn is fairly monochromatic (yellow ) in colour and looked good at high power in my Chinese 6" F8 achro where as Jupiter was bathed in false colour. On Saturn I would certainly expect your 127 Achro to outgun an 85mm Apo....
Re 120 ED quality - my Orion Epoch 120 ED F7.5 shows a perfect star test and no false colour , I doubt a very high end APO will show a significant improvement on that to justify 2 or 3 times the expenditure.