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Truth be known if i could press the replay button i would have gone with my gut and taken a chance on something different, a 8 inch classical
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We all been there (well, I have been there for sure). The worse you can do is to get stuck with something you don't like. This is a hobby and it should be about enjoyment.
Good thing is that astro equipment has a good re-sale value. You can recover most of your investment and move on to something better.
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Bigzmey wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 5:44 pmWe all been there (well, I have been there for sure). The worse you can do is to get stuck with something you don't like. This is a hobby and it should be about enjoyment.
Good thing is that astro equipment has a good re-sale value. You can recover most of your investment and move on to something better.
Its not that its a bad scope, i am sure someone who really likes fracs would love it. When you are used to a 10 inch as your "small" scope, 4 inches becomes kind of a meh thing. The good thing is, it will ride very nicely in its case on the back seat of my truck and it will give us our astro fix when we are on vacation. So i will suppose we will hang onto it, for now anyway. It just gives me an excuse to save up some money for something better and more suited for what we like.
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helicon wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:24 pm I am starting to do more observing with a 4 inch scope when I get a chance. A 10" dob will definitely show more, but with a bit darker skies you can still see a lot with a frac. My old location in California was made worse by the city with a new streetlight across the way plus encroaching LP. My other scope - a 6" frac is fine but is not very portable on a Twilight II mount. In fact I have not used it pretty much since I moved up here by the Canadian border. As a grab n go the four inch fits the bill. When and if I move to the SW or the California desert at some point I will put up an obsy and maybe house the 6" and a 12 inch Dob. Not sure when that will be though.
My grab and go is my 10 inch. It lives on a cart so i just push it out and its ready to go. Here in my part of Ohio we are
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I live under skies that are nominally
Astrocamps and Star Parties in Australia don't have skies that are any better so I usually don't worry about bringing gear to these places. I go there for the social and networking and to look at other peoples gear. I doubt you will see more with a 4" under
Some nights when the sky is really clear, I put out a reclining camp lounge chair, layback, feet up and enjoy the view. The telescope might be chugging away nearby collecting images.
In the cold of winter, snug and warm in my freezer suit, I can lay back and look straight up at the Milky Way core perched at the zenith. I can see a huge expanse of Milky Way arching 180 degrees horizon to horizon with Carina on the southern horizon to Cygnus on the northern horizon. I never ever get tired of that view.
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The dark sky site we will be going to has one other advantage, not only is it
As far as star parties go, as i said here in Ohio they arent really a thing. The closest parties would be at least six to eight hours away in West Virginia or Michigan. We are considering the one in WV for next year as a possibility.
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