Re: starter scope - reducing options
- From: "Stephen Paul" <smarshallpaul@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 22:50:03 -0500
"Mean Mr Mustard" <macusr023@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> GoTo on such a small aperture is practically useless, 9000 DSO database
> and you'll be lucky to make out a dozen or so. IMO, get the back
> seat dimensions for your little Corolla and get the biggest dob that
> will fit in that space. (with a Telrad of course)
>
I have to agree. GoTo is great when it's finely tuned and putting objects in
a half degree eyepiece of an 8" or larger scope under varying levels of
skyglow, but getting it finely tuned and then struggling with very limited
aperture seems a waste. That was my experience with a 4" scope on a GoTo
mount. Fun toy, but really selling the GoTo short.
I'd put the absolute minimum useful aperture for a GoTo at no smaller than
5", with an 8" to 11" SCT being the optimal for portability vs. aperture.
.
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