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Old 24-05-2011, 06:10 PM
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If you are after a constant sharpness in your image and that is your criteria then stop your scope down until you see a stable airy disc at high power. for most nights it will probably be 6" aperture or less .

That being said I always see more with a larger aperture regardless of the seeing or sky brightness.

Fleeting moments always show more detail than that which is constant in a smaller aperture IMHO.

Also I believe that instruments with larger central obstructions show less in inclement seeing than more modestly obstructed ones.

Does anyone have similar experience ?
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