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Old 11-10-2010, 05:20 PM
robz (Robert)
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Originally Posted by mbaddah View Post
The Tak150 is a superb refractor that will offer excellent views more consistently (generally speaking) than a Dob with large aperture on low contrast objects such as planets, or splitting doubles. But for the same price you can get a premium 15" dob which will blow the Tak out of the water on dso (every time) and on planets when seeing permits, there's no ifs or buts about it. Had this not been the case, there would be no point in people purchasing 20"+ dobs. It's not all about high power! Collimation is no where near as bad as some people make it out to be (trust me I've been there).

Unfortunately your going to have to compromise on something with each scope, that's the reality of this hobby. I've bought and sold so many scopes over the years that I've realised you can't have one that does it all (yes even an SCT is full of compromises). It takes time to work out what your observing habits are like and from there, you can settle on a scope which would best suit your observing needs.

I personally think the best combination is a 100-120mm refractor with a 10-12" dob. Those two scopes will cost less than an 11" SCT!

Best of luck.
O.k................without the budget for a ''premium dob'', what brand that is readily available on the Australian market has good optics and reputation in a 16 inch????

We have the Meade Lightbridge, the Bintels, The SkyWatchers, the GSO's..............
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