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Hi Brian,
there are 4 of us in lton and we plan to get to devonport soonish to catch up with another astronomer in january / february.
two of us have 8" dobs i have a motorized 10" dob and there is 1 x 12" dob.
We get together every month when there is a new moon, and you are most welcome to attend.
I am trying to find a site for a 2007 tassie star camp and have thought of sheffield a few times, but not sure of the southerly aspect with the mountains.
Look at the end of the day, a dob is the best $ performance. With the light bridges, my initial thoughts are that the 16" will be great, but whether going to a truss design for 8" / 10" / 12" is really worth.
Eventually, i will go to the big end of town ie sct's etc, but i am wrapped in what i am doing at the moment.
To get to where i am today ie my dob motoized and doing planetary and rudimentary deep space imaging, i have spent the better part of $2000.
The dob is great for deep space and planets, but i will be buying a ed80 down the track for those lovely wider field of view images!
we have to catch up. I am going to a star camp in ballarat on the boat early march. Another tassie iis member moonman is flying over, so if you want to see a range of scopes, that will be a perfect time!
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