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Thanks JP and Robert
My little 6” newt cost me $299 in 2016 and now it only costs $399 ( only an increase of $25 a year )
All I did was replace the single speed focuser with a dual speed crayford and replace the crappy primary mirror springs with good quality locally made springs
A good quality 5” or 6” refractor will cost you $5,000 to $7,000
Alex up at Tabulam has said many many times a 6” f5 or f6 newt is a great all round scope highly under used and underestimated in Astrophotography
Some folk who are newcomers to the hobby steer away from newts and go straight for an ED80 to learn the ropes ( which is totally fine ) they hear the word “Collimation” and cringe or gotta clean the mirrors or too hard to balance , or “Coma” things of that nature , but I chose the newt path after seeing some images in 2016 taken with a 6” newt both DSO and Planetary and I was hooked
Anyway it gives me more money to spend on mounts , cameras etc.., like my new 2600MC OSC camera
Thanks again !
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