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Hi Finski,
I’m a newbie with only 9 months experience. I was given the option of a 6” , 8” or 10” dob as my first scope. I chose the 10” and glad I did for the following reasons -
A 10” dob provides excellent views of most of the objects in the night sky
I can handle this scope by myself ( made a flat bed trolley our of plywood and castors ) I just pull it out of the garage to my observing location 8 metres away
The scope can fit in my medium size wagon for remote site observation
It was the best “ bang for the buck” compared to other dobs
I was up at 4.00am this morning observing Jupiter and Mars in close proximity using Televue Delos eye pieces ( also some lunar gazing over the craters )
Even though I’m am relatively new to astronomy , I can’t find any problem with my 10” dob and have no ambition to go bigger ( the right eye pieces make all the difference in this size scope )
Clear skies
Martin
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