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Old 01-07-2018, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Capella_Ben View Post
Am I right in assuming that an SCT with 2000-2500mm focal length won't be that effective in average to poor seeing?

Am I right in assuming that you would still need to deal with light pollution the same as any other focal length scopes?

I'm just thinking about what scope I might like to move to next.

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I do deep sky imaging at 3m FL occasionally and you really need to pick your night. No or very little jetstream is a must and no surface wind also goes a long way with tracking/guiding. That said at that FL light pollution and gradients are much less of an issue. My C11 has a very long dew shield and flocked all the way so I have very little stray light and good contrast both visually and imaging.
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