Hello Nick,
Thanks for the reply.
What's missing in the Megrez (for me) is it is just over my portability threshold. I realised this when I got the Zenithstar 66 and have been out every night since and have even taken it with me on work trips.
But the Zenithstar is just a little light on magnification on Saturn and Jupiter. And the 6" mak just did not fit me at all.
I know this makes me sound like some sort of neurotic Astro-Goldilocks (wah - this one is too big, wah - this one is too small).
At the end of the day, if I had have bought this in the first place when the dollar was on parity (or even now) and got the small, top shelf refractor, it would have been cheaper than the garage full of stuff I don't really use.
Having said all that - I appreciate these sort of replies as responding to them makes me think about my motivations for wanting the TV76.
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