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Originally Posted by AlexN
Mike - the Newt can do Medium widefield work with the right corrector... a 0.73x Keller Corrector will bring it back to F/3.65 and 730mm F/L..
Being someone who's owned every common optical system on the planet, from my perspective I see no reason to keep two scopes that have the same (within 100mm) focal length, when one has double the aperture... 8" F/5 vs 4" F/9 for visual or photographic work, I would chose the 8" in every situation for any task.
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Hi Alex, you've got me talked into it
I'll put the BD100 in the classifieds along with your ex-8" 1200mm dob soon. I picked up Nettie's 1000mm BD newt, that's the one I'm going to use with the mpcc+QHY8 if the rain ever stops.
Interested in the Keller approach, I'll have to do some research into it. How do you think it would compare to the C8 + Hyperstar, both performance and cost wise? Hyperstar is about US$850 all in + freight for my C8.