Re: Expensive Small Aperture Refractor?


"Glen Ilacqua" <g_ilacqua@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'm new to astronomy, but I've been reading allot and a number of things
> confuse me. One is that most advice from magazine's "How-To" editorials
> say
> the same thing; that aperture size is important. So if aperture is so
> important, what's with the 3-5" refractors that cost as much (or more)
> than
> my car? Are these so much better than similarly sized newtonians, etc. Or
> are
> they just of such high build quality that they command that kind of money?
> Who is buying a $7,000+ 100mm refractor, and why?
>
> Just curious.
>
> Glen
>

In fishing, there are three stages of development often cited. First you
want to catch as many fish as you can. Then when the heavy creel game wears
thin, you turn to pursuing the trophy fish. When the quest for greatness
fails to satisfy, you either quit fishing or you realize it is the act of
fishing you love.

People play the aperture game until they own a scope so large that they
dread setting it up. Or they play the strehl game until all they see are
flaws in the optics. Both can be diversions from enjoying the night sky.

Ed T.


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