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    RVO Horizon 72ED refractor

    Jul 16, 2020 4 minutes
    WORDS: PAUL MONEY

    Short focus refractors have definitely made their mark, becoming very popular in recent years, and the new RVO Horizon 72ED is set to join them. The improved performance of such refractors makes them easy to use, quick and simple to mount and ideal for transporting to find better skies, whether it’s for foreign travel or to a nearby dark-sky site. Although far-off travel has been difficult in recent times, this had little impact on our tests because we had the refractor during one of the longest periods of clear skies we can remember.

    The Horizon 72ED, produced by Rotherham-based Rother Valley Optics, has a 72mm objective doublet lens with a focal length of 432mm,

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