I use an old William Optics 66mm scope with 45degree erecting diagonal and either the baader zoom or a 13mm Nagler, I got a case that fits quite well from Teleskop Service in Germany. Does a good job. Wondering about larger scopes looks like I need a spotter as astro scopes are made “good” (Read made of lead!) and so get less portable fast (I have an 80mm refractor that weighs 3kg… don’t fancy lugging it anywhere!)
80 and 100mm spotters with OK/good optics that can definitely take 1.25” astro eyepieces would be good to know about. Something to really go after the small/far away stuff, but that I can put a long focal length super wide eyepiece in to enable me to find stuff without too much trouble.
I did wonder about binoviewing with a scope, but gave up (either need a Barlow or a Mak to reach focus thus limiting it to high power which is not ideal).
Good luck
PEterW
80 and 100mm spotters with OK/good optics that can definitely take 1.25” astro eyepieces would be good to know about. Something to really go after the small/far away stuff, but that I can put a long focal length super wide eyepiece in to enable me to find stuff without too much trouble.
I did wonder about binoviewing with a scope, but gave up (either need a Barlow or a Mak to reach focus thus limiting it to high power which is not ideal).
Good luck
PEterW