Hello all,
Have been saving up for a Kowa 883 for some time now. Was about to pull the trigger when I came across this sub-forum and decided to look into telescopes as an option.
I plan on using the scope for visual observation like a spotting scope as well as for digiscoping, both afocal (eye-piece projection) and prime focus.
The contenders:
Kowa 883 - 88mm front objective, ~450mm fl at f5 + te-11wz eyepiece. weight ~1900g and cost $2600.
Borg 71FL OTA + Baader Amici prism 45 deg diag + Baader Hyperion MkIII zoom eyepiece. This works out to be a 71mm front objective with a 400mm focal length at f5.6.
weight ~1900g and cost $1600.
The advantage of the Borg/Baader scope is that it is cheaper and more customizable. The drawbacks are that it is not moisture-proof and the objective is smaller and less bright. Both scopes will have fluorite objectives.
The Borg/Baader gives me the option to upgrade the objective to a Borg 90FL objective (500mm f5.6) sometime in the future, if I feel the need.
Can I expect to get similar quality views and digiscoped images from these two set-ups?
With regards to water proofing (or lack there-of), how do you all manage this with your astro telescopes in the field?
I would appreciate your comments and suggestions.
Have been saving up for a Kowa 883 for some time now. Was about to pull the trigger when I came across this sub-forum and decided to look into telescopes as an option.
I plan on using the scope for visual observation like a spotting scope as well as for digiscoping, both afocal (eye-piece projection) and prime focus.
The contenders:
Kowa 883 - 88mm front objective, ~450mm fl at f5 + te-11wz eyepiece. weight ~1900g and cost $2600.
Borg 71FL OTA + Baader Amici prism 45 deg diag + Baader Hyperion MkIII zoom eyepiece. This works out to be a 71mm front objective with a 400mm focal length at f5.6.
weight ~1900g and cost $1600.
The advantage of the Borg/Baader scope is that it is cheaper and more customizable. The drawbacks are that it is not moisture-proof and the objective is smaller and less bright. Both scopes will have fluorite objectives.
The Borg/Baader gives me the option to upgrade the objective to a Borg 90FL objective (500mm f5.6) sometime in the future, if I feel the need.
Can I expect to get similar quality views and digiscoped images from these two set-ups?
With regards to water proofing (or lack there-of), how do you all manage this with your astro telescopes in the field?
I would appreciate your comments and suggestions.
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