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Originally Posted by marki
Thats about the size of it I am affraid but we all have our preferences and this is simply my opinion. As you have said it is not dob specific, even the largest amature scopes will only reveal a hint of colour as they cannot collect enough photons to fire the cones on our retina.
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Your preference is of course nothing that can be argued with, but I suspect you're mostly in love with your expensive imaging gear, EQ mount and all.
My rig is a simple visual one (just an Alt-Az mounted Mak and a laptop with assorted planetarium software) and I enjoy finding things and looking at them with my own eyes. Whenever I have an urge for colourful images with a lot of detail I can guarantee that I'm getting better, more colourful and more detail-rich images with this gear than you, simply by using the right technique.
My technique is basically to visit hubblesite or similar and downloading pictures while stroking my Mak
I cannot possibly ever beat what's on offer there, so why should I spends thousands of dollars trying? Unless I'm deeply infatuated with and like surrounding myself and tinkering with expensive yet inadequate equipment. Which I'm not. But that's just my preference
Cheers
Steffen.