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Originally Posted by LewisM
Thing is Alex, the optics are only fair at best. I saw more detail in a Vixen 102mm doublet than I saw in the "Dinosaur" (as my daughter called it, when covered in a sheet on the mount). The views are NOT precise, nor particularly spectacular, plus the violet blot makes it very distracting to use - not enjoyable at all.
Sure, it shows more, but less precisely than a good doublet of smaller size.
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I agree if I was spending $600 I would not buy one but go for 8 inch reflector.
Still mine gave reasonable views but I was not educated and did not know what I was missing.
It now sits unused.
Its like most things if you want good you pay.
I love my little 80 mm by the way and am starting to wish that I had gone 4 inch... 6 inch would be too big for me.
When I get out of Sydney I intend to get a good 6 inch refractor, the espirt probably, when I can set up permanently in a shed or a dome.
I have thought of using the old 6 inch refractor as a scope to look at terrestial stuff...I have an erecting prism someplace.. and leave it set up on the patio..its worth little now..maybe $200 so that would be ok.. I did notice you mention a solar scope out of it...thats interesting I may look into that.
Alex
Alex