What's your scope?

[elusiver]

I'm not sure if this has been done before. But it'd be nice to see what the current standings are with the recent intake of new members.

toetoe reckons that 1 in 10 of us are dob owners we'll see how we go

If you own more than one type of scope.. please choose your PRIMARY scope. If there's any 'type' of scope that i've missed let me know.

el

[slice of heaven]

Over here Ken

Good move El, been waiting for a tally on this
Dobs would cover more than 10% of the numbers for sure.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Go the Dobbies!

[elusiver]

i dunno how i managed to do a triple post.. there's gotto be some kinda record in that!!!



el

[h0ughy (David)]

SCT all the way!!!!!

[Starkler (Geoff)]

I would have expected 70% or so to say a dob.

Many of us own more than one scope. Maybe you could have asked "what is your primary scope" ?

[astroron (Ron)]

My first scope for 15 years was an eight inch SCT which I still have in a roll of roof observatory ,for the last three years a sixteen inch Newtonion truss Dobsonion has been my primary scope .astroron

[Kieken]

Main scope is a 12 dob. Secondary is a 4.5" newt on EQ-2.

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Main scope SCT, but a couple of refractors lying around, (three at last count)

[ving (David)]

see signature...

[wavelandscott (Scott)]

Since I have two do I get to vote twice?

[asimov (John)]

Yeah. More than one here also.

[ving (David)]

well it does state "your primary scope" or sumpin

[Thiink]

Go the Dobs! I dont think I've touched my "refractor" (ugh) since I got the dob.

El: that signature of yours is almost hypnotic late on a Friday afternoon at work waiting to go home.. !

[asimov (John)]

Hey Thiink, send your refractor to: 'asimov' c/o post office cummins SA thanks mate!

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

I will up the tally and add my Dob. I will only accept Refractors greater than 6" in diameter in the post.

[Daring Dave]

Dob Dob Dob Dob Dob

[acropolite (Phil)]

SCT...Meade of course..

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

SCT..???? have 30 years of aggressive marketing by Meade and Celestron totally brainwashed the community?

I will repeat what I have said in another thread:
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After all Phil Harrington has this to say about SCTs in "Star Ware" (quote reproduced from another forum)

"What about optical performance? Here is where the Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope begins to teeter. Due to the comparatively large secondary mirrors required to reflect light back toward their eyepieces, SCTs produce images that are fainter and show less contrast than other telescope designs of the same aperture. This can prove especially critical when searching for fine planetary detail or hunting for faint deep-sky objects at the threshold of visibility."

"Image sharpness in a Schmidt-Cassegrain is not as precise as that obtained through a refractor or reflector. Perhaps this is due to the loss of contrast mentioned above or because of optical misalignment, another problem of Schmidt-Cassegrains."
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a lot of people believe that this to be true of most SCTs--the exception- possibly -being the Celestron C9.25, the scope that Chris Venter, Robbie and Damian Peach (not a member of this forum) use..some people consider this the only SCT worth investing in...

Newt and refractor owner myself!!!

[beren]

Not only do i have a Meade but damn its a Schmidt-cassegrain , must stop enjoying myself whilst using it then