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Old 27-08-2008, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by matt View Post
However, they do a very good job for the job I assign them, which is plantary imaging.

From a visual performance perspective.....well...
I raised this issue in another thread with conflicting results. I played the devils advocate and tried to suggest that optical quality was not so important for planatary imaging . I've been assured that quality Newtonians are superior particularly with Powermate amplification. SCT's have a clear superiority in terms of portability though at 10" or above size this would be marginal.

Its a shame there are no locally produced high quality solid Newtonian tube assemblies made in Australia. With the relatively low cost of EQ6 mounts there would seem to be a ready made market.
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