Skywatcher ED60s on the way....

[GazOC]

..remember where you heard it first.....

[anthony]

More details?

Please..........................

Anthony

[GazOC]

It'll be called "Equinox....

Thats all I know...

[GordonCopestake]

Interesting. Although i think 80mm is about as low as i'de want to go.

[GazOC]

Interesting. Although i think 80mm is about as low as i'de want to go.

i agree Gordon, but it's nice for these jet setters....

[anthony]

I kike the idea of this ed60 type chap. As long as they have nice honest optics and reasonable build. Imagine imaging with a nice wide field. Depending on FL you'd get a lot of M31 onto an Mx7 ccd chip, (maybe all with a focal reducer). Tracking is less of an issue. Also on nights of poor seeing you can still get decent images.

I'm keen to see what they are like. Where'd you get your info from Gaz? I have tried a search but come up with nowt.

Anthony

[GordonCopestake]

I just hope they dont use the same 100mm tube heh

[FLO]

When next at the train station, if you see someone kneeling with his ear to the track ... that'll be Gaz

[russ]

The adverts for the new Sky-watcher Equinox 60ED and 80ED are already out stateside in various publications. This is Synta bringing the mechanical/cosmetic finish of their ED scopes inline with other brands (William Optics in particular). The 60ED will be in direct competition with the WO 66's.

Hopefully pricing will be aggressive. I wonder if the current Pro series ED's will get the chop or will their price fall further. The new EQuinox series cannot come in too high as the William Optics Zenithstar 80ED II sells for £470. Synta will have to beat that price if nothing else.

Russ

[GazOC]

When next at the train station, if you see someone kneeling with his ear to the track ... that'll be Gaz

:)

[GazOC]

As Russ says, they'll have to undercut Williams Optics 66mm by a fair amount to sell the scope. I'm sure they realize that however.

What do you reckon? ED60 f6 for £250 ish?

[anthony]

I'd be reluctant to get one if it was more than that considering that the very fine ed 80 is £310 with tube rings.

Anthony

[GazOC]

The ED80 uses the 100mm OTA though, its a big 80mm scope. I think theres a good market for a small, well priced ED. Doesn't Celestron do a 80 ED but with a 80mm OTA?

[russ]

your right Gaz. The Celestron C80-ED, has the same outside tube diameter as the WO Zenithstar. But they are real pricey compared to the Skywatcher. Their price in fact is identical to the WO Zenithstar 80 ED II. And it still uses the good ol rack'n'pinion focuser.

I think £250 sounds about right for the ED60. It should be a full apo(ish) like the ED80. So that will put its colour correction on a par with the better of the WO 66's and clearly ahead of the Petzval version.

btw Ian King now has prices up for the Megrez 90 ED Apo.........£859. Which looks pricey at first but when you consider the cost of the Tak Sky 90, it's not so bad.

More interesting though is this new 80mm refractor he has on there....Scopos 80! Looks like the Meade Series 5000 Apo 80, with the same spec 80mm triplet ED lens but with some very funky added extras. Such as the tube breaks in two which allows the use of a binoviewer. Price £559. Anyhow, here's a link and a pic:

http://www.iankingimaging.com/show_products.php?category=77

Russ