[MortonH]

For some reason I've started longing for a smallish Maksutov-Cassegrain. I've always loved small scopes and have owned several small refractors over the years but the only Mak I've ever owned or used was an Intes Micro 715D, which was not really "small".

I like the look of the Intes Micro M500 but it's only 127mm and compared to my existing scopes I'm not sure it really offers anything new or better. Next size up is 150mm which is more tempting, but the budget would require a drop down in quality to something like a Skywatcher.

Anyone have experience of small Maks? I see there have been a few sold here in the past. I'm particularly curious about performance on deep sky objects like globs and galaxies.

Thanks

Morton