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Old 29-03-2015, 09:48 AM
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Whats the best all round telescope currently?

A controversial question no doubt but I am interested in others thoughts about what the best all round telescope is at the moment.

I suppose that should be in 2 categories - imaging and visual although some scopes are great at both.

Also within reasonable price limits. Not $200K mountain top 60 inch RCs etc.

The trend seems to be towards largish aperture and fast F ratio. But then Corrected Dall Kirkhams and other variants are becoming popular. The venerable Newtonian seems to be popular with the F3.8 and F4 versions around. APO's are still popular as an all round good performer, mainly for wider field shots which suits many targets.

Greg.
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