Skywatcher Evostar 80ED

[Willarnold]

Hi all,

 

It's been a while on this site (a new child will do that!  ). But she's growing up fast, so hopefully back to the sky. I never started much imaging, but I would like to. I've got a C11, but I think I should start with a smaller scope to learn. 

 

What about the Skywatcher Evostar 80ED? I'd add the field flattener with this, and it would be sat on my CGEM with a QHY8L.

 

Any thoughts?

 

Thanks

 

Will

 

 

[triton1]

I'm no imager but that seems a common combination on here and folks are getting great images with that setup.

[RedSpot]

Yep, a good option there Will.  I would definitely go for the SW .85x flattener/reducer, makes quite a difference for imaging.

 

Stephen 

[Willarnold]

Cool, thanks guys

[UKJay1971]

Yep - been my setup for the last six months in terms of scope. I'm now moving on to faster newtonians but keeping by ED80 for a quick go-to option, or planetary work as it is so easy.

[xtreemchaos]

you couldn't of made a better choice, the little ed punches far above its weight, ive had mine a few years and never felt the need to upgrade to a different 80mm, and you can also use it for solar with a solar filter like quark, wedge, film. ive even had half decent shots of Saturn and Jupiter with a good barlow. clear skys, charl.

[Stargazer McCabe]

1 hour ago, Willarnold said:

Cool, thanks guys

If you do want a SkyWatcher 0.85 Flattener, drop me a PM. I've got an unused one. Thought we were heading down the AP route as well as visual with our ED80. But best laid plans and all that...

Been sat in original packaging, unused since purchase...

[Willarnold]

Thanks for the reply's everyone. I'm just emailing FLO in regards to spacers to put everything together with my QHY8L, then  i'll get ordering  

[Willarnold]

Just hit buy on FLO's website  

[Uranium235]

Good man... an 80ED + FF/FR is about as stress-free as it gets

[Willarnold]

I'll remind you of that when I'm having issues ?

[Willarnold]

Scopes just arrived, wow it's a LOT bigger than I thought it would be   

Quick question, would you stick with the tube rings and mounting bar that came with it, up change them?

[Marky1973]

Mine seem to work! I did get a longer Skywatcher dovetail from FLO to mount the ed80 and then used the ed80 bar on top to hold my st80 guidescope.... Solid as a rock.... I think :-) 

[Uranium235]

3 hours ago, Willarnold said:

Scopes just arrived, wow it's a LOT bigger than I thought it would be   

Quick question, would you stick with the tube rings and mounting bar that came with it, up change them?

The standard rings are fine. You also need to get the 0.85 FF/FR (which screws directly to the drawtube), that will give you a rock-solid connection for your camera.

[ollypenrice]

You can buy a faster system than you've chosen but you can't buy an easier one and, in a whacky game with lots of problems, 'easy' is very, very good. You'll have a few challenges ahead but you've made a choice which will minimize them.

Years ago Honda made a motorbike called the CX500, about which someone said, 'A million despatch riders can't be wrong.' Good point. The ED80 is in the same arena.

Olly

[MattJenko]

The main change I did to the standard kit was to take off the dovetail and put it on top of the rings and buy a longer one for underneath. Rock solid with a mini handle and somewhere to attach guide scope. 

[Marky1973]

13 hours ago, ollypenrice said:

Years ago Honda made a motorbike called the CX500, about which someone said, 'A million despatch riders can't be wrong.' Good point. The ED80 is in the same arena.

Olly

And I've yet to fall off my ED80, which is another bonus.....

[Willarnold]

I've got the reducer (from a member on this site), so all sorted there. I'll need to change the mounting bar (or get an adapter), to mount the scope on my CGEM though.