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Old 06-05-2010, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Bolts_Tweed View Post
Look at say a planet in a 16 inch dob and then in an Astro Physics refractor and see what you think.
Sounds like you've had a bad run with mass produced reflecting optics.

I guess it depends where the Newt comes from. Back in the '90's we compared Jupiter on a good night through an Astrophysics 7" F9 Starfire refractor and an aussie made AOS 10" F6 Newt and everyone agreed they could see more in the Newt.
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