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Old 26-12-2017, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Wavytone View Post
For an ambitious newbie I'd suggest either of the two 6" maksutov-newtonians that were listed in the IIS classifieds would be a better choice, and frankly I'm surprised no-one snapped up the Explore Scientific one as IMHO it is a bargain if AP is your thing.
They do look good although they are a smaller aperture and focal length to the SN10. I was after around 1200mm f/l as this suits a lot of galaxies nebulae. For wider fields I have the 80mm f6 triplet.

I'm not at all familiar with the Mak-Newt - I assume they don't need a corrector?
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