AstroTech 66ED Refractor information

I have been looking at this little scope for quite a while as a "very" portable scope option, but I have seen very little written on them - or at least not found the right place for the info. Does anyone have experience with these scopes? For a frame of reference, I have owned a Televue Pronto, TV-85, and Orion 80mm ED. My current grab-and-go set-up is the AP Traveler with a Vixen Porta-mount or TV Gibralter (not quite a grab-and-go scope). Don't get me wrong, I doubt that the 66ED will be as good as the TV or AP scopes, but it looks appealling as the basis for a very small set-up.

Thanks in advance,

John

I cant make any direct comparision with any of the others you mention but I can say I have an AT66ED that I am very happy with......for the money its a great little scope that is well constructed and happens to perform very well with almost no false color.

John Roehrig said:

I have been looking at this little scope for quite a while as a "very" portable scope option, but I have seen very little written on them - or at least not found the right place for the info. Does anyone have experience with these scopes? For a frame of reference, I have owned a Televue Pronto, TV-85, and Orion 80mm ED. My current grab-and-go set-up is the AP Traveler with a Vixen Porta-mount or TV Gibralter (not quite a grab-and-go scope). Don't get me wrong, I doubt that the 66ED will be as good as the TV or AP scopes, but it looks appealling as the basis for a very small set-up.

Thanks in advance,

John

John: I have the William Optics version of this scope. It's a nice, well made, compact scope but it is only 66mm. I had a Pronto for quite some time, the WO is physically smaller and lighter, much less false color. But I find it just too small to be satisfying... An 80mm seems to be a minimum and your Traveler of course will really do the job.

Jon