Re: Another Telescope Info Request

g626700-groups@xxxxxxxxx wrote: 
I'd stay away from achromatic refractors.  They exhibit "false color"
aka chromatic aberation.  80mm is pretty weak light-gathering as well.

On the moon and the very brightest stars. For me, I didn't buy an F6 80 mm achro for planetary work, I bought it for grab-and-go deep sky looks.
It's fantastic, you just need dark enough skies.
For an observer in Mass. (unless he's in rural Western MA) a slower achro refractor, F10 to F12, will work great on planets, and a minus v filter is a lot cheaper than an apo.


Shawn
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