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Old 12-09-2016, 04:58 PM
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The differences in obstruction would only be significant if the optics were equally good. Thermal management of such a long tube ( which should be made oversize as it is open ) could be significant as is the 2" thick mirror . On top of that the quality of the optics is a bit of an unknown quantity.

You would need tracking too for the long dob - always fairly expensive ( allow $2500 or so for a servo-cat and argo.)

Given all those problems my money would be on the C11- you sit down and observe and the tube should be much more stable in a breeze. Also when you inevitably get into planetary imaging with a webcam the Sphinx mount will be very precise for that .
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