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, it all boils down to as Matt and Pat say what yurns you on in the night sky ?
Me I like the moon , planets and double stars , ,my refractors do this for me , in my eyes there is nothing better , but its expensive , sad but true .
Thats where Paddys thoughts come in , Big scope s , reflectors on a Dobsonion mount ,, yea ha , I have friends with 16 inch f4.5 Meades , GSO's and the such ... woaw
these are the toys for deep sky . nice .
But a stopped down big reflector , say to 5 inch , becomes a 127mm APO , like I have , and we have expermented with both and the refractors win every time .
Its the way light behaves.
So , whats your flavour ? . Get some Bino's , have a look .
But if you know whats you .
. keep reading here and learn what's the best for you . as I said the night sky is bigger than the
,planet Earth , by infinety .
Please keep us informed . thanks man .
Brian.