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I have a 5" APO, a 10" DK and a 20" dob under construction. All of them have their advantages and disadvantages. The views are not comparable but there is something uniquely pleasurable about the high contrast widefield views you get through a good quality APO. When I have it set up at star parties I always get people saying "oooo the stars are so sharp!".
Obviously if I was hunting some specific DSO or trying to make out festoons on Jupiter the 5" is not my choice of instrument, but for appreciating the aesthetic beauty of starfields and larger open clusters its hard to beat it (especially when used with an Ethos).
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