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Old 31-03-2006, 05:27 PM
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Starkler (Geoff)
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Ving old cow I should relate to you my experience with the ed80 after being used to viewing through a 10" dob.

In short I was quite dissapointed in how little I could see, especially from my home location which suffers from light pollution. Bright dso's like eta carina were very dim and uninspiring after what I was used to seeing. By the time you bump up the mag to mitigate the effects of light pollution, the little refractor runs out of light.

Small refractors are nice in dark skies, especially for rich field views, but where there is LP they suck IMO If I had of known I wouldnt have bought it.
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