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Originally Posted by Larryp
I'm afraid I'm a refractor man through and through. Only high quality ones, though.
The views that knocked my socks off in over 30 years in this hobby have always been through a high end APO, like an Astro-Physics, Tak, or Televue.
I have never looked through any Newtonian that I subsequently wanted to own-apologies to the dob owners, but that's how I feel!
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Then you've never looked through a good newtonian that's been properly cooled and collimated. I have used some of the best refractors on the planet, including a Tak TOA 130, a Tak TOA 150, an AP 160, a Televue NP 127 and a 15"/f12 D & G, just to name a few. Just this past week I have had a few views through a Tak TSA 120 at Coonabarabran. All of these scopes have provided excellent views. None of these views have convinced me I should swap one of these scopes for one of my 3 newtonians, all of which are premium scopes.
Not even a close contest really. When both scopes are properly set up and cooled a larger aperture high grade newtonian is going to beat a smaller aperture high grade refractor every time. When one considers cost, a high grade 10" newtonian will cost a lot less money than a high grade 6" refractor and easily outperform it.
Cheers
John B