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Old 18-06-2008, 11:07 PM
Solanum
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Quality dobs? / Light Pollution

Due to my workplace being used as a political football in a spat between government and the management of the government agency I work for, there is a 99% chance I will be moving to Adelaide next year (0.2% chance of being made redundant, 0.8% chance of our site being reinstated).

My choice of home is unlikely to have usefulness for amateur astronomy as the deciding factor, therefore I wondering how my 10" GSO Dob will go with the Adelaide light pollution.

So my questions:
1) do I need to increase aperture?
2) If so, will a 12" in Adelaide be the equivalent to my 10" in Mildura, in terms of fuzzies etc.?
3) If I get a new dob next year, do I go for another GSO (been pretty happy with it), something a bit more upmarket (e.g. Saxon with pyrex mirror etc.), or are there more premium dobs with better mirrors I can get 'off the shelf'?

Last edited by Solanum; 19-06-2008 at 08:21 AM. Reason: Title
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