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thanks Aaron.
Yes those streetlights are a real killer. We have one on the pole right outside our house which washes out the whole front yard.
I have some experience with the sky but it was mainly confined to the planets and bright-clusters and the odd nebula as my old telescope did'nt work very well - it was built by my Dad and I from a salvaged giant telephoto lens. Mostly it had to be stopped down to an effective apperture of 2-3'' for give a half decent view. So I don't have alot of experience with what can be expected from 'proper optics' of resonable size.
My main question is whether people think it would be worth the extra expense and inconvence of the 16'' for home viewing or would that type of scope be reserved for darksite viewing only.
My inclination at this stqage is to stick to 12'' which I think will be much much better than what I had before.
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