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Originally Posted by Satchmo
Perhaps you just enjoy the freedom from the possibilities that larger aperture offer ?
In my experience out in the field the refractor lovers seem to be satisfied with fairly dim views of fairly bright objects with no descent image scale and don't look at anything much beyond that - but they are passionate about the 'quality' of what little they see.
I like to see most globulars for instance resolved into a blaze of stars - my 120ED resolves only a handful due to poor light gathering power - though it is sharp as a `Tak' - it sits in its box most of the time.
I've been observing 40 years now and I really don't get it with the refractor thing- honestly . I want to see faint stars , I want copious detail on planets , star knots and dust lanes in galaxies etc - and for me that doesn't hint below 8" aperture .....Perhaps someone can enlighten me ?  |
I reckon if it was practical for me to own a large scope and use it regularly I may feel the same. But for various reasons at the moment I can't own a large scope. Maybe I'm under some sort of self-delusion so I don't feel bad about what I can't have!