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I would prefer a 6” Maksutov be compared to a 6” Newt. or 6” sct.
A 8” Maksutov be compared to a 8” Newt or 8” sct.
Also a 12” Maksutov compared to a 12” Newt. or 12”sct.
A 4” Apo to a 4” Newt. I think you know what I mean.  |
I think so.
Aperture rules. Everything else is secondary. But so often people do not listen. "Get the 8" Dob, you will see lots more more." "But at 4x the cost the whizz-bang goto high-tech looking tripod mounted 5" Meade/Celestron Mak/SCT must be better!"
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My mak fits behind the front seat of the car  |
My 8" truss Newt
and Dob mount fit in a suitcase for international flights economy class.
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EQ mounts are not hard to use once you learn how |
It's not really the EQ-ness of the thing. It's getting under the thing, having to lock it or it moves, but while I'm locking it, it moves anyway, and the ungodly EP and finder position near zenith. I know all this is fixable but I'm lazy.
What isn't fixable is Dec and RA axes being diverging (i.e., it's not a just a tilted alt-az mount). That takes some getting used to.