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Old 25-07-2021, 10:40 AM
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Cliff,

My choice of Prom model over Chromosphere was an easy one for me. And as you said, which you or any other individual goes with is entirely a personal choice. With my sketching, it is the proms that present the better visuals.

I have also tested the Quark in many different scopes, achromatic and apo. Not all scopes are created equal, and while H-alpha is a monochromatic situation, I noticed a difference between scopes.

I used scopes from 60mm up to 100mm in aperture. I tried 7 different fracs all up. The apo's had the edge over the achros, even the 100mm achro was not on par with an 80mm apo. I also noticed differences between different Apos. Made me wonder if some scopes that are described as being Apochromatic really are... One performed more like an achro than apo.

The only thing to take from my comparison of refractors is the better the refractor you use, the better the image will be with the Quark. It is that simple. But an 80mm f/5 achro is still a blooming good scope with a Quark. Splitting hairs here again.
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