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Originally Posted by raymo
Worth checking out whether you can do prime focus photography with
the Orion scope if you decide to go that way, as most Newtonians do not allow it, but all Skywatcher Newts do.
raymo
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I see nothing in his post about wanting to take pictures
He just wants to get some idea as to what he would see Visually
through a 12" scope.
I as a long time observer really don't think you can give a definite view
of what one can see in any scope as there are a myriad things that make up the view from one observer to another.
It will take looking at a number of objects throughout the observing session/s
before the new observer can get a reasonable idea as to the value of what he/she is looking at, and is that view any where near what they would like to spend their money on.
I have a dark sky site here and a 16" scope but even that doesn't impress some people who expect to see more.
They have seen too many beautiful pictures and expect to see something like it through the big scope.
But then of course there are the ones who just wont let go of the scope
I still don't think a Small scope of what ever construction, cuts it when looking at Omega Centuri compared to looking through a large scope,to me there is no comparison.
Observing is a skill learnt, something you can acquire over a short period,it takes practice and dare I say it dedication.
Cheers
