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Originally Posted by marki
Well boys thats exactly what I am doing, having a little fun. Everytime a thread comes up about the GSO RC's three things always occur.
1. The focuser: just change the bloody thing and be done with it.
2. reflections: Show me a system totally free of reflections on any object and I will bite myself on the bum. This has been largely fixed (not totally as it is not possible) in the new GSO tube.
3. What about newts? What about the price to properly mount a newt to get good images let alone fitting the thing in a car.
Seems to me people are all too keen to trash these scopes (and it's a good one) with no real reason. I could just as easily say AP scopes are crap because they don't come in dayglow orange and golly I would have to paint it myself  .
And Mick I am not saying it can't be done just that it is not really practical when there are other easier options available.
Mark |
With you there totally Mark
(dont know why you cranky about it though
). A big long newt on a dodgy mount (of the same same apature) looses any price advantage it has over the RC , "guiding is paramount" (sorry, I didnt mean an obscure reference
). Small newt, fine, but a 10" newt?, nah, a 10" GSO RC with a better focuser and some fiddling, even at a higher price would beat it hands down *for long exposure imaging* just on guiding alone (from what pics I see and hear).
The trashing of GSO RCs comes from expectations of the magical "RC" tag and comparisons with other RCs, which are all vastly more expensive, and ignoring the stupid price. OK the problems are unfortunate, but relatively irrelavent given the result possible.
to the club.
