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Well sadly the clouds got the better of us yesterday, so Stringscope’s kind offer of the viewing night didn’t eventuate. This leaves me back in the wastelands of theory rather than the pastures of practical experience. So a couple more questions if I may:
I gather that the f6 is more forgiving than f5 when it comes to both collimation and coping with eyepieces of a lower quality. I’m trying to figure out whether the slightly? better eyepieces from Bintel would be OK with the 10” f5 Dob, thus making a good package. I’m not that keen on bottom of the range EPs from Andrews which I’m then wanting to replace. I still have the naïve thought that I might buy something and be happy with it for quite some time. The 32mm 2” EP on the Bintel premium sounds quite good, making good use of the 2” focuser. Another tack would be to upgrade the 8” f6 to premium specs like the Crayford focuser and slightly better Eps, making a better all-round scope. Of course if I go down that path, the 10” premium package is already there; more light, maybe a bit less forgiving in some areas though. The size really isn’t a problem as I’ll simply be wheeling it outside on the trolley. Ahhhhh………
We're off to Sydney next weekend to do a little shopping so we'll see how things go.
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