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Originally Posted by Stephen65
Despite its shortcomings in light-gathering I enjoy setting my 5" refractor up at a dark sky site and just panning the Milky Way with a long FL widefield EP. It produces such beautifully sharp views with tiny little stars.
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Same here
Everyone has their own preference, each side may say anything using all sorts of reasoning and arguments (whether true or slightly twisted to suit their opinions) to defend it. Brute force vs refinement, I'll take both in this case even though I'm inclined towards the latter.
Once again, keep in mind that fully multi-coated lenses transmit around 10-20% more light than combinations of mirrors (which surfaces deteriorate over time, not to mention that fine dust you decide to ignore since you don't want to clean that delicate surface too frequently). So direct aperture comparisons will not be accurate.