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Originally Posted by NorthernLight
Hello Ron,
I like both beasts  its just that I whish I had a scope to grap and enjoy without all the other arrangements involved in eq set up and the 6" has become too small though you are absolutely right about the comparison between pictures and views. I ve looked through a few very large f4 dobs (I think the biggest was about half a metre) but they were self made or custom build by a pro.
the 16" lightbridge is the max amount of money I would spend on a dob and only because its 16". but if the mechanical quality of the truss design ends up being a shaky construction that shifts focus while watching and cant hold collimation during the viewing session than I d rather go for a 12" non-truss with a lighter mirror in a proably similar cell design.
I am happy to get my coll. laser out every now and then as I do for my (very stable) 6" newton 
have you or anybode else been able to compare the rigidity of a 12" GSO dob and 16" Meade(GSO) dob? |
Hi Max, I think there was a 16" lightbridge at Astrofest 2009, but non this year , unless they came and went before I arrived
From what I heard the owners of the 16" in 2009 were quite happy with the telescope
In my opinion you can improve the scope with a little bit of imagination
The Lightbridge is lighter than my 16" scope and as you say just put some wheels on it and move it to where you want it.
cheers