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Entry: Astronomy:Equipment Reviews:Telescope Reviews:TeleVue 85
Having a Ranger for the past year, I knew I'd really like the TV-85. I just didn't know how much!
Overall Rating: 10 Entry: Astronomy:Equipment Reviews:Telescope Reviews:Orion SkyQuest XT6 (Intelliscope) Dobsonian Tremendous bang for the buck! I briefly had the XT8, but have to climb stairs to observe. The XT8 is not easily carried up flights of stairs as a single unit, so I reluctantly sent it back for the XT6. I needn't have worried. This scope from city skies has actually been better for me. I can easily carry it fully assembled in one hand up the stairs. I know it's only 5 pounds heavier but it's balanced much better. The optics are actually sharper in this XT6 sample than the XT8 I had. I have split the double-double routinely under 100x in the 6, while never under 120x in the XT8. Cassini Division is very apparent in the 19mm Panoptic (63x) in the XT6, while it took over 100x in the XT8 to see it, and never as sharply. I saw the Great Red Spot clearly in the XT6 the other night and I doubt I could have seen it in the XT8 given that I never saw more than 4 cloud bands in it. I've seen 6 clearly in the XT6. I realize that the 6 inch scope is f/8 while the 8 inch is f/6, but didn't expect it to be this much sharper! Of course I could just have gotten a subpar mirror on the XT8. Regardless, this scope is a 10 weighing performance and value! By the way, views on deep sky objects that are availalbe in my skies are so close between the two scopes as to be a non-issue. From a dark site, try them both if you can, but if you're in the city, the XT6 is a great deal.
Overall Rating: 10 |
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