Just came in from an aborted refractor imaging session. Cloud limited choices to west only, and that was not where I wanted to image, so visual I went.
I had a great time with the FL102S and a GOOD selection of top notch eyepieces. NGC4755 was easily resolved into the colours expected, and I had no difficulty seeing even the dim stars. I then went to a-Crux, and again, resolved it easily.
Slew to M83, and even in this light pollution abhorrence, I was able to happily make out the core and some arm detail. No issue at all.
The only other scope I have used that pleased me almost as much visually was a 180mm Maksutov.
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