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Plissken

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Hello freindly people 😃. I am new to this forum, just joined and I would like to ask a question.  I have a skymax127 with up graded vixen and ovl Eyepieces and an up graded dialectic star diagonal and it gives me breathtaking views of the moon, even with the magnification pushed beyond the limit and I've took some nice pictures of it too.

I am looking for another scope because I realise the mak is a specialist scope for moon and planets.  Now money is a issue for me so I can't afford much as it's taken me months to pay for my mak set up. But I could just about stretch to the skywatcher 72ed if need be, but then I will have to buy a 2inch diagonal and 2 inch eye pieces? I'm I right?

Also i love the look of the evo 120, looks a beast of a scope, but I'm guessing it will give the same performance as the mak but 4ft longer in size. 

I would just like something with a bit bigger field of view for some galaxy and nebula.  Not to deep though because the skys around here aren't the darkest. I've looked at the startravel 120 but I've read good and bad things about them. 

My other tripod is the skywatcher az5 mount so the ota has to be side mounted. 

Sorry about the long message (question)

 

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Hello and a warm welcome to the SLG. The ED 72 is a very nice scope and works well on a AZ 5 mount. You can buy a 2 inch diagonal that has an adapter which will allow you to use your 1.25 eps. It gives very nice wide field views with pin sharp stars. As for DSOs the small aperture does have it’s limits, but the quality of your skies will be the main limiting factor.

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18 minutes ago, laudropb said:

Hello and a warm welcome to the SLG. The ED 72 is a very nice scope and works well on a AZ 5 mount. You can buy a 2 inch diagonal that has an adapter which will allow you to use your 1.25 eps. It gives very nice wide field views with pin sharp stars. As for DSOs the small aperture does have it’s limits, but the quality of your skies will be the main limiting factor.

Thank you for that. I'm torn between the 72ed and the 120 evo I just feel like I'm getting more scope for my money with the 120 but I guess my 127 mak can do everything what that can do. Also I'd use the 72ed more as it's much smaller.  These decisions are very hard 🤣

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35 minutes ago, laudropb said:

I do not have any experience with the 120 evo, but it is a long focal length and weighs over 5 kg and I think this would be too much for your AZ5.

I could swap over the 127mak and use the eq 3-2 but I guess it's the same scope but in a shorter version. 

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Hi and welcome to SGL.

If you want a low risk (cost) why not look out for something like a Startravel 80.
Typically these are around £60 used (without accessories) and come up for sale at intervals. They are popular as guide scopes.

The short focal length will give you the wide views you seek.
The CA (chromatic aberration) is not bad at low magnification - which you will use for wide field.

Any accessories you buy, for example other eyepieces, just become part of your collection.

If you like the scope great.
If you don't like it, then sell on with minimal loss.
You will by then have a much better idea of what you want from your second scope.

HTH, David.
 

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6 hours ago, Plissken said:

But I could just about stretch to the skywatcher 72ed if need be, but then I will have to buy a 2inch diagonal and 2 inch eye pieces? I'm I right?

Hi Plissken, welcome to the forum.  No, you do not have to buy 2" eyepieces, the 2" diagonals always come with a 2" to 1.25" adaptor, so you can use 1.25" ep's without a problem.  I use a 2" diagonal but find I use 1.25" ep's most of the time, the disadvantage of 2" ep's are that they are heavy (you may have balancing problems with the 72ED) and they are more expensive.  They do have advantages, of course, not least their wide rich fields. 

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Thanks guys. Yes I have thought about a dobsonian but the concrete on our garden isn't that even as it slopes a bit. I might go for the startravel 102 then I can put it on my az5 mount. I have my super power with my mak so I'm after something to hopefully scan a few galaxy's and nebula, I know it will be very limited though 

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Hi, welcome to SGL :smile:

I have a 120mm f8.3. They are excellent at low powers but bit of an unwieldy beast. An EQ6 is the minimum I would say.

If you are after inexpensive low power views, how about this https://www.firstlightoptics.com/reflectors/skywatcher-explorer-130p-ds-ota.html At £179 it comes with a (basic) 28mm 2" eyepiece giving x23 and a 2.4° field of view. It is also a capable imaging scope should you choose to venture down that route later.

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3 minutes ago, Mr Spock said:

Hi, welcome to SGL :smile:

I have a 120mm f8.3. They are excellent at low powers but bit of an unwieldy beast. An EQ6 is the minimum I would say.

If you are after inexpensive low power views, how about this https://www.firstlightoptics.com/reflectors/skywatcher-explorer-130p-ds-ota.html At £179 it comes with a (basic) 28mm 2" eyepiece giving x23 and a 2.4° field of view. It is also a capable imaging scope should you choose to venture down that route later.

Good suggestion 👍

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