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Old 21-05-2013, 10:49 PM
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IMO the Rayleigh resolution limit is only one aspect of aperture, the other (just as important) one is light gathering. Even if the seeing is poor large scopes will show fainter objects than small ones. Under light polluted skies larger scopes also make the use of filters like UHC or OIII more practical, since they pull in more light to start with.

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