BORG 50 F5

Hello.

I am looking to purchase a Borg 50 F5 scope to do some wide field CCD imaging with an ST-237 camera.

The reason I am considering this scope is the wide FOV with the scope/imager combo.

For those who have used one, can you tell me about the optical quality of the scope? Pros/Cons?

Thanks for your time.

Joe.

Joe,
I just recently purchased a Mini Borg and so far have been very pleased with it's performance. It provides very sharp views and it is extremely light which is nice for mounting atop my Borg 100ED. I plan to use it primarily as a guidescope and as a solar scope in combination with a Solarmax 40 filter. The only drawback may be that with certain EP/Helical focuser combinations there may not be enough travel for focus. You can compensate for this using the scope's draw tube. So far, I have not had this problem.
I believe it would work very well with your ST237 for wide field imaging.
My suggestion is that you check out the Borg forum on Yahoo:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/borgtelescopes

There are individuals on the forum that have Mini Borgs and can provide a lot of useful info. By the way, Hutech is discounting all scope and component sales by 10% until Dec. 31st.

Regards,

Greg