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Thank you all for a great night.
My SCT was overwhelmed by the big Obsession next to it, thank you again John for having the patience to teach us about the skies.
I must say I was very impressed by the quality of the big Dob's optics which seems to excel on all objects, I was pleased to note that the views of Saturn looked at least similar to my 10" SCT, there wasn't much of a contest on other objects that I compared.
I see no one mentioning the amazing binoviewer that Paul and Mark brought in. Truly amazing viewing - I only wish I could get enough time on it to enjoy it more. I would love to be able to buy ready made scope like this.
Scott has shown me an alternative solution - a Denk binoviewer. I found it very easy to adjust for my eyes for easy detailed observing, we did not test it on a large aperture scope but it looks promising, I did not notice the "3D" effect as I saw on Mark's 12" Bino..
Thanks Mark for explaining the process of mirror making - most of us do not appreciate what goes into making a quality mirror. I must confess that I thought the whole process takes much less time, now I know why good mirrors cost more money.
Joe
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