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Old 05-10-2019, 03:49 PM
Lioness (Lina)
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Originally Posted by casstony View Post
If you're inexperienced at collimating or the Schmidt cassegrain isn't cooled it won't give sharp images at medium to high power.

The refractor will always give sharp images after half an hour or so, up to whatever magnification the atmosphere allows on a given night. Refractors generally stay in collimation unless they get a sharp bump (during shipping or by being dropped for example).
I have a feeling that you would be happier with a refractor.
Yeh I was contemplating on selling my c11 edge hd and cgx mount for a refractor hoping I could find one that would give me the same magnification power, considering I also use a 9mm televue eyepiece.
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