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Originally Posted by binofied
I totally agree with Malcolm (bartx1963) To think your going to see flowing bright nebulas, galaxies dripping from the eyepiece in a 8" is a dream. Why have something that needs battery power (other than perhaps for an ArgoNavis) to view the stars visually. Globular clusters only really start to shine at about 12" and nebula start to look the part as well. Get a small 10" or 12" Dob with an Argonavis so you can find things easily. I have never understood why anyone would buy something like the lx90 or lx200 for visual use, or any other use actually.
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It could also be said why would anyone want to buy a scope that was basically just a piece of glass in a tube that you had to do everything by yourself. Most people who buy a scope these days don't have the time to be faffing around trying to star hop from star to another to look for some obscure object. Learning constellations and such is easy, looking down an eyepiece for a particular pattern of stars that points to, or frames an object is not and it takes time and patience. Most would just want to pick and object and goto it, with no fuss. People like the LX90's and 200's because they offer that convenience, apart from other benefits. If you have a particular prejudice against them for whatever reason, that's your problem...stick to a dob. But don't begrudge anyone else from wanting to use one or own one. As they say, each to their own.
As for your aperture prejudice, a 12" will only show you marginally better views than the 8", only at a slightly higher resolution. You're still only going to see grey-green smudges for most nebulae and galaxies. If you want to see the real thing, so to speak, get yourself a 24" dob or EQ scope, or larger. Why bother with such a small scope.