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I've had a C11 SCT and currently have an Intes Micro 7" Mak, I've not tested the Mak yet, but the SCT's views once properly cooled and collimated rival any of the beautiful APO's i've owned. For planetary work, the SCT has stomped all over any of the other scopes I've owned.
Both the SCT and Mak suffer greatly from dew issues, due to the fact that they have a large plate of glass right at the front of the tube that cools below ambient much faster than...
The higher quality Mak's have views that rival large, but the price is hellish... The 7" Intes Micro Mak is $2500USD. Around $2800AU before shipping from the US, and import tax etc. Call it $3200AU by the time its at your doorstep... About $200 shy of the cost of an 11" SCT in Australia...
What would I do, well, I had an 11" SCT and I now have a 7" Mak... For deep sky imaging, the Mak's usually have a flatter field, and the more expensive ones generally have better optics, but dollar for dollar, the SCT's are way out in front I think. The fact that you can get an 11" SCT for the same (close enough) price is reason enough to go for the SCT most of the time.
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