SuggestionsPosted By david elosser |
Craig,
The closest thing I have to the ST80 is an 80mm F6 achromat. If you don't want to put a lot of money into the ep's at first, IMO I'd stick to plossls. If you can afford them, get the Televue brand. But GSO in Taiwan makes some really nice ones sold under that name and also many other brands like Zhummel and Smart Astronomy. Also look at the Orion Expanse 9 and 6mm (the 15 and 20mm are not very well corrected for this scope IMO). So, a good starting lineup might be 20 and 15mm Plossls, 9 and 6mm Expanse, and an inexpensive 2x barlow if you want higher powers.
David E
The closest thing I have to the ST80 is an 80mm F6 achromat. If you don't want to put a lot of money into the ep's at first, IMO I'd stick to plossls. If you can afford them, get the Televue brand. But GSO in Taiwan makes some really nice ones sold under that name and also many other brands like Zhummel and Smart Astronomy. Also look at the Orion Expanse 9 and 6mm (the 15 and 20mm are not very well corrected for this scope IMO). So, a good starting lineup might be 20 and 15mm Plossls, 9 and 6mm Expanse, and an inexpensive 2x barlow if you want higher powers.
David E
