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Originally Posted by Esseth
I might get the fever, but that wont matter because i won't be allowed to upgrade until a birthday or xmas lol and 8' for a first scope is pretty decent.
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Hi Alan,
I've had an 8" Dob for a couple of weeks now and I have been blown away by how much I can see with it. Wrinkle ridges standing out like veins on the side of the moon, a whole galaxy 13 million light years away which gave me goosebumps when I realised what it was
and of course countless double stars, open clusters and nebulas.
Of course, if I had 2 or 4 more inches I would see more and see the closer things in more detail. However, I'm still learning, and at the moment every night I go out I see something different or the same thing in more detail than before. My Dob is relatively easy to move, transport and carry and takes next to no time for the mirror to cool down (with a fan) before I can use it.
Sure, somewhere down the track I might get a bigger one, but I think there is gonna be a lot of stuff for me to see with this one for a while yet
p.s, I'm a little bloke and looking at solid tube Dobs online the other day I was a bit shocked to realise that a 12" one would be almost as tall as me and weigh half as much
I might have to factor in the cost of a pack donkey if I buy one
