Is the ED80 Pro from SkyWatcher a good choice for visual and imaging purposes?

[asteele3]

Is the ED80 Pro from SkyWatcher a good choice for visual and imaging purposes?

What's the nearest product Celestron have?

[Chris]

All I can say is I'm still feeling gutted that I missed out on an Orion ED80 on Astrobuy yestarday, It was only 100 pounds!! I immediately offered 150 but still lost out:( Gutted..

Yes they are very good for widefield imaging especially with the reducer/flattener:)

I'm sure Celestron must do a similar model but it might be a bit more money?

[Dave]

I use an ED80 and imaging is quite good, but you will need a field flattener if using a DSLR.

[asteele3]

I just bought a second hand Celestron Sky Scout personal planetarium for only £110! Not bad when they still cost £200+ brand new!

[Earl]

I have one coming, Orion, Celestron and Skywatcher each have there own take on this scope, same thing in different liveries.

It appears to be a "standard" for Imaging, ill comment when mine lands

Regarding visual probably good for that too, ill probably not look through mine other than to align the guidescope and finder.

[ollypenrice]

Yes.

Olly

[Gina]

I agree - lovely scope

[John]

I'm sure it's a lovely scope for imaging but, having owned a couple of them (in the Orion and Skywatcher liveries) I found that 80mm was just not enough aperture for satisfying visual observing, for me. 102mm is my smallest aperture now.

Optically the ED80's I had were both great for their cost though and showed no false colour to my eyes.

[Carl M]

What do you want to image? Deep sky, Planetary or Lunar? If it's a mixture of all 3 with the addition of visual observing my vote would be for a 200P/DS.

[Auntystatic]

You just missed one in the FLO clearance for £220

[Black Knight]

Definitely great for imaging with, although John may be right as far visual goes in that you might be happier with a slightly larger aperture.

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[Black Knight]

You just missed one in the FLO clearance for £220

If I didn't already have one I might have bought another!

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[ollypenrice]

On the other hand it is easy to take an 80mm to a dark site. I could see all components of the Leo Triplet in our Altair Astro 80mm recently.

Olly

[sgazer]

I think the Celestron equivalent was the C80-ED. I got one when they were cheap before being discontinued. It's the only scope I've kept due to the superb optics.