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Originally Posted by ving
1. you could create a light shroud out of non-reflective material to stop stray light from entering the light path. this can be done cheaply
2. depends on what size you get i assume. with the 8" you would probably be seated. your kids could reach the EP easily. I have a 8" f6 GSO and i have to sit or i get a sore back from leaning over it all the time, so an adjustable hight chair comes in handy....
am i coming close to convincing you?  |
It would be more accurate to say you have made me pause and think long and hard about this. The lower price of the dob is definitely attractive. Though to my eyes a truss dob doesn't look as sexy as a Maksutov
More seriously, the problem I have is that I am unfamiliar with them, and I uncertain how "handy" they are when you have kids wanting to take turns looking down the eyepiece. If I have to constantly move them out of the way to recentre the planet then it gets no fun for them nor, I suspect, for me. With an equatorial mount I can put a drive on it and the planet will stay there no matter how many kids take their turn.
Since the truss dob would be the only type that will fit into a smallish car I would be taking a leap into the unknown - if the dob mount becomes annoying I doubt that I would be able to plonk a truss tube onto a EQ mount.
I'm not discounting what you say, since I joined this forum to ask for
but I'm going to have to play with one before I am convinced a dob is the scope for me.
I've got the time, since the Saxon 8" Maksutov's can't be found for love or money for another 8 weeks. Or so I am told. Still haven't found any online reviews for it.
BTW are the Saxon Maksutov's the same as the Sky-watcher brand?
It's all so confusing.....
Cheers,
John