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Originally Posted by plasmodium
If you want to get into astrophotography - then the initial cost of a Dob will soon pale into insignificance anyway!
I still vote for a Dob for a first timer.
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Me too !
Even a raw newbie who "thinks" they want to jump straight into astrophotography may very well change their mind when they find out what is involved to do it well.
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in the past the usual response to the what scope does a newbie buy was buy a dob and this response was reinforced over and over again.
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An 8 to 10 inch dob gives enough aperture to be satisfying and is cheap enough to not hurt
too much if they subsequently find they arent really that interested or want to try another scope later. A $6000 sct is another story and probably much harder to recover costs on.