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Old 19-09-2010, 10:50 PM
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bmitchell82 (Brendan)
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Ill throw in a my piece on that. the difference between the 8, 10, 12 scopes is significant. But to the untrained eye very little difference can be seen. Unfortunately people have a pre conceived idea that they will see all this different detail and become disappointed when its not there.

I gave up showing people Nebula and the like in my 10" because they just couldn't see it. I could see it there as if it was a neon sign flashing away. so in short once you can train your eyes to work in low light situations then the 12" will show phenomenal details way more than the 8" will ever see.

Also the 10 and 8 might have the same focal length but they are different scopes. they have different F ratios and operate differently and collect light differently!

The goto suggestion is great idea but once you get good at it, star hopping is very easy because you get the idea of what your field of views. though ill say that my goto i couldn't live without it!

keep it up youll get there in the end
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