Well guys, thanks for alll the replies
Unfortunately, I'm none the wiser though.
I've seen Trevor's planetary images and have joined his site. The images ARE mind boggling.........but he has the equipment , mods and know how plus an obviously ''GOOD MIRROR''.
When I put the question to the seller of the DS-16 on how the planets look through the scope, the question was bypassed and the DSO only experience substituted.
By the way, this is not the equatorial cardboard tube version.......it's the optical tube components converted in to a open truss DOB !
As I will be looking at this scope during the day(most likely as the seller is situated in a heavily light polluted area) it may be difficult to judge it's high power performance on DSO or PLANETARY??
The seller has already stated that the scope comes without eyepieces(he has a few huge Naglers apparently) and may quite likely not have a high power eyepiece or barlow to try on a distant object
I'm beginning to think that by the time I have the mirror realuminised (90% reflectivity apparently
), buy a couple of good quality eyepieces AND see if there is a way to motorise the mount...............it's probably pointless??
