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Originally posted by Starkler
A 6 inch gso dob for $299 will beat the 70mm refractors you are considering in every department. Stability, brightness of view, resolution, and by a long way !
Geoff
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Apart from tracking the object, I've been testing high powers for viewing saturn and it's very hard to keep in the FOV. My Dob is still a little sticky which I'm trying to find the best way to fix (I have teflon sliders all over the base)
I'd basically suggest the Dob, it was me and frosty that got the 8" for a good price, I also got a couple Ultrawide eyepieces in with it. I've been having great fun watching saturn, orion (the nebula and the multiple stars) and a few others (there was this multiple star with 2 blue/white and a red....wish I could remember wtf I was looking at, didn't have my log book with me).
As the others have said, for planetery work a refractor is the way to go, BUT on a limited budget of that the GSO dob will really be the best option, and hey you can add a EQ mount at some point (which I would like to do to take some photos)
Hope this ramble is of a little help.