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Originally Posted by creeksky
Well I missed out on an 8 inch Dob, So perhaps best to go with a skywatcher 130p?
I haven't yet (apart from planets)even 10 inch, seen any colour in DSOs unless filmed with a camera and registax post process.
Seems the universe is all black and white and unless you have 12 inches or more it ain't gunna improve until we have 3D scopes with 1O80p and even then it will be false colour?
I guess some time in 2075 AD we will have colour scopes, 1 hundred years after colour TV!
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For VISUAL observing it is not a matter of technology, simply size, get a big enough scope and DSOs will have to exhibit colour, problem is you need a VERY big scope, even the Mt Wilson 60" in the USA shows little according to people who have used it for visual observing.As for "false colour", if you think about it all colour is false colour. there is no intrinsic difference between red light and blue light apart from the wavelength, it is our brains that calls it "red" or "blue".
I would still encourage you to save up for an 8". Having used both sizes when I first started (ie: 130mm versus 8") I know which one I would prefer!
If colour is an absolute must for you, then unfortunately you may have to go the video or imaging route. Start saving now!!
Cheers
Malcolm