[Startrek (Martin)]

Using only Newtonian reflectors for both visual astronomy and Astrophotography over the past 3 years, I’m interested to know how many beginner visual astronomers and beginner astrophotographers chose to buy a small to medium refractor telescope as their first telescope in lieu of considering a Newtonian reflectors merely on the basis of being concerned or worried about how to “collimate” or that collimation could be an arduous task that needed to be done all the time , or even limited understanding about the process ??
I noticed flicking through posts on other forums like CN and SGL that “collimation” seemed to be one of the key factors that determined their decision to go refractor.

I welcome comments from beginner visual astronomers and beginner astrophotographers on the above topic