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Old 08-06-2009, 05:50 PM
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Starkler (Geoff)
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Originally Posted by koputai View Post
Everyone always says 'Bigger is better' when it comes to aperture, but is this really true in light polluted suburban skies?
It is ESPECIALLY true in light polluted areas.

Small scopes need dark skies to do anything useful at all with other than lunar/planetary obs.
A 12"er is a nice size, and if stuck with lp I probably wouldnt bother with anything bigger or smaller for that matter.
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