If you want a second, smaller telescope to used at 80-100x,
that is a different story. While you are looking, take a look
at a Celestron C5 spotting scope. You can get them from Eagle
Optics for less than $600 USD. I believe their OTA weighs less
than 6 lbs.
Rich
>I all ready have an 80mm f7, it is 20" long. I mounted
>on my SCT and it is heavy. Nightmare to balance. The
>90mm Mac is light ?LB, only 7" long, also it can take
>160x power easy(I hear). My friend has the 80mm f/5
>from Orion and gets lot of color, max 80-100 power.
>Mac's has generly sharp optics, the cheaper 80 f/5-s
>are mixbag, you may get a good one. Well, this is my
>point of view, but I would like to know if somebody
>owns or used one, since I only seen it in the
>magazine.
>
>Thank you Julius
>
>
>
>If you are only using it as a finder (low power), an
>achromatic
>refractor shouldn't be a problem. What about the Orion
>short tube
>80mm or 90mm refractor?
>
>Rich
>
>>Dos anyone have an experiance with this spotting
>scope
>>from Adorama, made by ProOptic, 90mm f5.6 Mac/Cas.
>I'm
>>thinking to get one,use it as a short focal lenght
>>spotter or finder for my SCT. It has no color because
>>the mirror, but it has a large central obstraction.
>>Seems very compact and light.
>>
>> Thanks Julius
>>
>
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