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Celestron Regal 80 F-ED 45º

The Regal Fluoro ED APO Spotting Scopes are the finest ever offered by Celestron! The APO optical design combined with fully multi-coated glass elements ensure the highest levels of contrast, color fidelity, and sharpness.

Celestron’s Regal F-ED spotting scopes feature an air-spaced doublet, one element of which is made from the exotic mineral fluorite. The extra low dispersion from the fluorite provides excellent color correction and razor sharp images while virtually eliminating chromatic aberration. Day or night, Regal F-ED spotting scopes are optimized to provide the sharpest images available. You’ll love them for bird watching, nature observing, long distance viewing and casual astronomical observing. Because they are completely waterproof you can feel comfortable using them in extreme weather. The matte gray finish allows for subtle observation in any natural environment. Regal F-ED spotters are a great companion for any outdoor enthusiast.

Don't just take their word for it here is birdwatching.com's review:


"Among the four $1000-and-under scopes in our survey, the Celestron Regal deserves special mention. It turned in an impressive performance, gaining the highest resolution, image quality, and ergonomics scores of the four. It evidenced the widest field of view and the longest eye relief at 20x. It's also the only one of this group with dual focus knobs.
Most of our survey scopes are available with one or more alternative optional eyepieces. Celestron, however, offers at least 30 astronomical eyepieces, with 1.25" barrels, of various magnification, field of view, price, and quality that will work with the Regal.
By the way, it was the least expensive scope in our entire survey. Great value!"
 

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Panasonic DMC LS75

Successor to the award winning DMC-LS2, the new addition is stylish, sophisticated and packed with features. The 7.2-megapixel DMC-LS75 offers a whole host of features while remaining inherently easy to use making these highly portable cameras perfect for everyday photography. These compact cameras run on two AA batteries, making them convenient and ideal for taking on holiday.

The Lumix DC Vario lens, with 3x optical zoom allows photographers powerful magnification of images. It comprises seven elements in six groups, including three lenses with a combined three aspherical surfaces, and delivers outstanding optical performance. Furthermore, in 3-megapixel resolution mode, the Extra Optical Zoom function provides additional magnification, extending the zoom power to 4.5x by using the centre part of the CCD. This powerful zooming function allows you to easily capture and magnify distant subjects.


Don't Just take their word for it here is what Cameras.co.uk said about it:

"Panasonic digital cameras have a reputation for noise appearing in photos. I can see a small amount of noise creeping into some of the more distant photos I took with the DMC LS75. Even so this camera is one of the best of its type when it comes to picture quality. In fact picture quality matches that of many a more expensive camera. The Panasonic DMC LS75 is one of the best cameras you can buy in this category" 
 

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Baader Hyperion 17mm Eyepiece

Baader Planetarium Hyperion 68° Wide Angle Modular Eyepieces offer world-class performance and unique photo-visual features, at an unheard of price. Baader Planetarium has worked hard to give the Hyperions the world's finest optical coatings, superb mechanics, and their unique multifunctional design. Viewing through a Baader Hyperion is comfortable and relaxing, due to their forgiving eye-position, generous 20mm of eye-relief, extra large eyelens, and an optical design that is free of 'kidney-beaning' and blackouts. Consisting of 8 elements in 5 groups (3.5mm - 21mm), the Hyperion optical design delivers outstanding sharpness and color correction over a 68° wide apparent field (65° for the 21mm).

High grade water-white glasses are used throughout, to deliver a crystal clear view with low scatter and excellent colour fidelity, free of the yellow or bluish colouration exhibited by many other eyepieces of lesser quality. Use of high-index glasses delivers low distortion and astigmatism, even on scopes as fast as f/4 making the Hyperion extremely versatile for all designs of telescope.

Works in both 1.25" and 2" focusers. The 1.25" barrel is threaded for filters and kept short to work well in binoviewers and spotting scopes. Baader's housing incorporates a full-length 2" barrel and provides a specially designed tapered locking recess for added security.