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Old 12-12-2008, 01:34 PM
NCRAW
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Originally Posted by AlexN View Post
I have the Williams Optics Megrez 102 F/7 ED. I find for planetary viewing its pretty good, but it does not compare to my 11" SCT.. It shows a very sharp, contrasty and detailed view at 160x magnification, I find it to be great, but it does not resolve the same detail on jupiter that the C11 does.

For planetary viewing, you do need a bit of aperture.. I'd look towards a well corrected long focus 6" Achromatic refractor, or a decent sized newtonian as the cheapest option for great planetary viewing.
Grab and go is something im after so the 6" is definitely out and a 6" will need a bigger mount im assuming like the EQ6. I'm really keen on a good quality 4" refractor and im trying to compare it to say the ED100 Pro (gold ones) from skywatcher. I know the SV quality is years ahead but the SW is a f/9
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