Orion 80mm

AdrianF (Adrian) · #1 19-09-2009, 05:38 PM

Well after much thinking I finally purchased an Orion 80mm short tube scope. Bought it through Bintel and it came complete with scope, guide rings, dovetail and extension tube for $329 oh and it also had Starry Night Special Edition and Sky Theatre. Initial verdict is not a bad scope but unfortunatly the clouds have rolled in so havent tried it yet and I will be in Sydney on Tuesday for a week so I will have to wait to try it out.

Adrian

mithrandir (Andrew) · #2 19-09-2009, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by AdrianF

... and it also had Starry Night Special Edition and Sky Theatre. ...

They've changed the package. It didn't used to have those.

AdrianF (Adrian) · #3 19-09-2009, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by mithrandir

They've changed the package. It didn't used to have those.

I like the software but havent had much time to play with it.

Adrian

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #4 20-09-2009, 01:07 PM

That sounds so tempting!

Dave

AdrianF (Adrian) · #5 20-09-2009, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by dpastern

That sounds so tempting!

Dave

Nice scope for what it is I should have bought one earlier.

Adrian

Robbie · #6 23-09-2009, 02:30 PM

If you were going to use it for astrophotography the extra 100 bux would have been well spent on the ED80 the plain 80mm shorty is just for use as a guide scope from what Ive heard. However the ED version gets very good reviews for its price to optics ratio I know I have more fun imaging with the little ed80 than I do with the meade 10"
just my humble opinion of course.