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Orion AstroView 120ST EQ

This is my second scope and I intended it to compliment my Celestron 9.25 SCT. I purchased the OTA and was pleased with Orion in all aspects of the purchase. As I have a 9.25 f10 scope already I really wanted something to toss up quickly and have some nice wide fields to look at. With a 600mm f.l. 2, 3, and 4 degree FOV's are a snap and good fun. Infact you really don't need a finder. I placed the OTA on the mount that came with my SCT after upgrading. The CG5 mount is a good fit for this scope and I am happy with it now. As for the tube the mechanics are fine and things seems to be assembled well. The focuser has a good amount of travel, vert little shift, though is a little grainy feeling. Not enough to really bother me or affect viewing at all. This scope does have color when looking at a bright object like Vega or the Moon. With a 6mm Radian the purple haze around Vega is sort of pretty. I have yet to get a nice view at this mag (100X) so I would call the upper limit for my usage maybe 50X to 75X. I would like to see a little more contrast in the view as well. The tube has a single baffle and I think that some more are in order so I plan to put in some foam discs and see how that works.
In a nutshell I like this scope but I knew exactly what I wanted from it. If you are into planets of getting anal about fine detail on the moon or globulars you will be pissed. If you want a simple scope for some really wide field viewing you will be happy. Were this my first scope or my only scope I would rank it lower and kick myself for getting what is something of a specialized scope. Cheers

Overall Rating: 9
Weight: 3 (Unreliable Vote)
Date: 09/15/2001 03:03:44 am PST
By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.195.170)
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if you are saying that the upper limit for your usage is 50x to 75x you should be giving this scope a 4 out of 10!  this is a 5 inch scope!
yeah, a widefield, short tube but you should be using 150 - 200x without much problem.

maybe there is something up with yours?




>This is my second scope and I intended it to compliment my Celestron 9.25 SCT.  I purchased the OTA and was pleased with Orion in all aspects of the purchase.  As I have a 9.25 f10 scope already I really wanted something to toss up quickly and have some nice wide fields to look at.  With a 600mm f.l. 2, 3, and 4 degree FOV's are a snap and good fun.  Infact you really don't need a finder.  I placed the OTA on the mount that came with my SCT after upgrading.  The CG5 mount is a good fit for this scope and I am happy with it now.  As for the tube the mechanics are fine and things seems to be assembled well.  The focuser has a good amount of travel, vert little shift, though is a little grainy feeling.  Not enough to really bother me or affect viewing at all.  This scope does have color when looking at a bright object like Vega or the Moon.  With a 6mm Radian the purple haze around Vega is sort of pretty.  I have yet to get a nice view at this mag (100X) so I would call the upper limit for my usage maybe 50X to 75X.  I would like to see a little more contrast in the view as well.  The tube has a single baffle and I think that some more are in order so I plan to put in some foam discs and see how that works.
>       In a nutshell I like this scope but I knew exactly what I wanted from it.  If you are into planets of getting anal about fine detail on the moon or globulars you will be pissed.  If you want a simple scope for some really wide field viewing you will be happy.  Were this my first scope or my only scope I would rank it lower and kick myself for getting what is something of a specialized scope.  Cheers

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