TS 70ED Carbon Tube

[Spoon]

Hi,

Has any used the scope mentioned above? It looks pretty good to me, I'm after a little ED frac to take to Portugal with me with the NEQ6, and this looks good, triplets are too expensive for me at the moment. Any other alternative under £400?

Cam

[Coco]

What's wrong with the stalwart Skywatcher ED80?

[Spoon]

What's wrong with the stalwart Skywatcher ED80?

Not fast enough and carbon fibre looks nice

[alan potts]

I have two of them, one a mounted top scope on the LX. They are pretty good and were well priced when I got mine at I believe 279 E and one on offer at 219E, though that was a while ago. The finish it very good and the focuser is much better than I thought it was going to be. I have used the scope upto X140 and it still sharp but with a very slight CA at the edges of field on bright objects and around Venus. Mine came in nice little cases but I always feel there is better to be had for a little more. With a budget of 400 I would look at other models.

I don't know what the price of one is now but personally I would buy an 80mm scope, the difference in weight is a none issue.

Alan   

[Spoon]

I have two of them, one a mounted top scope on the LX. They are pretty good and were well priced when I got mine at I believe 279 E and one on offer at 219E, though that was a while ago. The finish it very good and the focuser is much better than I thought it was going to be. I have used the scope upto X140 and it still sharp but with a very slight CA at the edges of field on bright objects and around Venus. Mine came in nice little cases but I always feel there is better to be had for a little more. With a budget of 400 I would look at other models.

I don't know what the price of one is now but personally I would buy an 80mm scope, the difference in weight is a none issue.

Alan

They are £329 new now, with the case etc. what would you recommend for £400?

Cam

[Spoon]

I saw a TS 70mm quad on IKI for £439 I think. To me that's a steal! Any opinions on that?

[Xplode]

Not fast enough and carbon fibre looks nice

They are also big and clumsy for being an ED80...non slideable dewshield and tube size the same as for the ED100 makes it a scope much bigger than it needs to be.

The 70mm EDQ seems to be a good scope, here's a nice image taken with one:

[Spoon]

They are also big and clumsy for being an ED80...non slideable dewshield and tube size the same as for the ED100 makes it a scope much bigger than it needs to be.

The 70mm EDQ seems to be a good scope, here's a nice image taken with one:

That's a nice pic, nice widefield. I'm also looking at the 6" GSO RC with reducer to f6

Cam

[Macavity]

Just bought myself an Altair Astro Lightwave ED 66 ED-R. Attracted by the f/400mm

for wide® field video astronomy and light weight for mounting atop other scopes.

It is claimed these are essentially an [FLP51 ED] Equinox 66 (optically).

(The ED 72 ED-R is apparently a "Williams Optics Megrez 72" etc. etc.)

Whatever (FLP-51 or FLP-53 glass),I am very happy with my new scope!

Unless you are very unlucky, generic(?) semi-APOs are a "good thing"? 

I am just about to give my ancient (much abused) Skywatcher ST102 a

"carbon fibre" (sticky backed) "upgrade" though. C-F scopes do look...