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Thanks gb, my heart says go for it but my head says hang on a minute!
I started a thread on CN and the answers I got regarding the Vixen have basically ruled it out for me. Sounds like a great scope but probably no better than the refractors I already have for visual purposes.
I would really like to try a cassegrain but it seems a good 8" one for visual will be more than $3500. On the other hand a Royce 8" f4.5 conical mirror, Starlight SIPS focuser and other bits and bobs in a home made tube would be under $2500. Not as compact as a cassegrain but still not too large for the GPD2 and should beat the pants off an 8" SCT for visual.
Andy
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