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Equinoxes are nice

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I have all 4 Equinox refractor sizes; 66, 80, 100 & 120.

They all have CNC tubes, black diamond colour, dual speed Crayford focuser and FPL53 lenses on the 100 & 120, all are ED. :sprefac:

My first was the 120, and I was so impressed I bought a 100 pre-owned in mint when it came along, then the other two.

SW have discontinued the Equinox form factor, but Orion Eons are the same I believe, for those aperture sizes, all are worth considering if you want a deluxe scope at good price. The tube rings are CNC and strong.
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Skywatcher does make some very nice refractors and since they are quite common in UK/ EU they are easy to get a look through.
I used to have the 100mm f/9 which was a great telescope at an exceptional price.
(Blasphemy starting) I know a lot of people really like the metallic black but I have never cared for it much. Luckily refractors all look the same in the dark :)
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Good for you! Are they all getting used? On a typical night I would just go for the largest for visual.
Scopes: Stellarvue: SV102ED; Celestron: 9.25" EdgeHD, 8" SCT, 150ST, Onyx 80ED; iOptron: Hankmeister 6" Mak; SW: 7" Mak; Meade: 80ST.
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25585 wrote: Wed Jun 02, 2021 1:09 pm I have all 4 Equinox refractor sizes; 66, 80, 100 & 120.

They all have CNC tubes, black diamond colour, dual speed Crayford focuser and FPL53 lenses on the 100 & 120, all are ED. :sprefac:

My first was the 120, and I was so impressed I bought a 100 pre-owned in mint when it came along, then the other two.

SW have discontinued the Equinox form factor, but Orion Eons are the same I believe, for those aperture sizes, all are worth considering if you want a deluxe scope at good price. The tube rings are CNC and strong.
The 80mm model has FPL53 as well !
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Bigzmey wrote: Wed Jun 02, 2021 9:14 pm Good for you! Are they all getting used? On a typical night I would just go for the largest for visual.
I use the 100 & 120 most, 100 a bit more. 120 Equinox is excellent optically, its almost as apochromatic as my Takahashi FC100DL. I replaced the 120's OE focuser with a 2" Moonlite, which is a bit stronger for my heavy eyepieces.
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80 & 66 Equinoxes are short and portable, very neat in their cases. 80 is quite heavy, near a TV 85.

All Equinoxes have retractable dewshields which make them more compact.
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Eyepieces from: Aero, Antares, APM, Baader, Brandon, Bresser, Celestron, Datysun, Docter, Explore Scientific, GSO, I R Poyser, Meade, Nikon, Orion, Pentax, Rodenstock, Siberia, Sky-Watcher, Taiso, Takahashi, TAL, Tele Vue, TS, Vernonscope, Vixen, Zeiss.

Scopes from: Altair, Bresser, Lumicon, Orion Optics UK, Sky-Watcher, Takahashi, Tele Vue, TS, Vixen.
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