Thread: 16" vs 12"
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Old 23-03-2007, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by glenc View Post
The image in the 16" is 77% brighter than in the 12" and the resolution is 33% better if the seeing is excellent. But you also have to look at $s (it costs 3 times more), portability and setup time.
They are all just different ways of saying one is a 12" scope and the other is a 16" scope.
Look see for yerself, sejanus!

Certainly would not want a 16" as my only scope. Like to also have something smaller to use at short notice, take anywhere... 8" Dob works a treat there.
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