u/Free_Masterpiece6004

Best small travel refractor for Milky Way viewing?

I’m considering a range of refractors from the 60-100mm range. Hoping to get some insight. Let me give you some context.
 
Looking for a Milky Way scope to take in wide views of the night sky from my Cabin in northern Arizona, where the stars are some of the best in the world and the skies are Bortles 1-2. I’m not really into object hunting… I’ll search for objects if I find them when panning, but prefer to just explore with a very wide FOV to take in as much of the Milky Way as possible. I generally don’t even use a spotting scope or try to polar align.
 
I’m an extremely lazy visual astronomer. I start yawning by 1030 and by 11 I’m already ready for bed. I want something I can travel with, setup quickly, take in the night views, then pack everything up and leave. 
 
Id like to make the most of my 2 favorite eyepieces, the Televue 13mm ethos and the Televue 21mm ethos. Was looking at the Televue 60, but obviously that can’t take a 2” visual back so if I bought that I’d be rocking the 13mm ethos most of the time.
 
televue 60,76,85 seem nice but pricey. I’m also looking at Astro tech. Can’t decide either doublet or triplet, also heavily debating focal length.
 
i know the doublets are not well corrected for red usually… however in very dark Milky Way skies you can absolutely see a bit of red. So maybe I should look at a triplet?

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u/Free_Masterpiece6004 — 9 days ago