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Originally Posted by stevejack
It's a great scope, the GOTO and tracking really are great. I upgraded from a 10" dob without tracking to this. Well worth the upgrade.
The 16" would be too much for me unless i had a place I could set it up and leave it... The base is HUGE and heavy on the 14". I can barely get it through the door because of its size and even though I regularly lift weights this thing is a monster to pick up and shift around.
Like you I considered an obsession mainly for the ease of pushing them.. the chinese scopes take a lot of tweaking (lazy susan etc) to get them smooth through the alt/az. However, when you talk about scopes with servos it makes that redundant. The optics and other components are obviously better on those scopes, but when you use a keypad to slew and motors to track the advantages of the actual construction of the more expensive scopes become less.
Good luck with whatever you decide!
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AWESOME!!!! Thanks!
That will be my scope then. I want to upgrage from an 8" skywatcher i had for 8 years and got for the Mars opposition. (a very good friend). I am living at two different places, mum's and a room elsewhere so i need two scopes hehehehehehehe. One will be huge, yes. Even obsession prices have really come down. less than ten grand for a 20" = no problem. i'd rather than than a car.
yeah i will build an observatory so i might wait for the 16.
One problem i see with it.... can a shroud be attached? it seems there should be another strut on the top for that? i'm not sure? i would prefer it if a shroud could be placed there. oh dear. LOL!