Re: Getting a bigger telescope (was: Lunatic in Palo Alto ...)

Jay knows his observing goals and matches his equipment with them.
That's what it boils down to and I know, even though he has some top
notch gear, he's saved a wad of cash as a result.

I've seen too many people who have no idea what their goals are and
are constantly stuck in a never ending buy/sell cycle of equipment.
(you can count me in that group ;))

Right now, I've settled in with three very nice smaller telescopes
that I enjoy using. I still have my C14, but it's in a trunk and may
not see use for some time. But I'm keeping it.... just in case I
change my mind again!

Who knows, I might build another large scope for myself some day. But
to be honest, I don't miss the hassle of a large scope set up in any
way. It helps that my observatory is usually ready to go at a
moment's notice.

Michelle

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 8:11 AM, Mark
Wagner<mark.wagner@No-Spam> wrote:
> Alvin Huey wrote:
>
>> More glass will give you a ton of stuff to look for/at.
>
>
> I agree.  If Jay went with a very portable design 20" scope, it would be a
> big step up from Harvey.  There would be more detail visible in the objects
> he looks at.  A different class of object?  No, more detail, yes...
>
> Reminds me of a time when I was looking at M65/M66 from my backyard.  I
> thought "this is not showing the detail I expected"... then realized I was
> using my 8" f/6.8 Dob, and not my 10" f/5.7.  The 10" showed stuff the 8"
> would not.  I know the dif between the same object in my 18" and GregL's
> 22...
>
> Get a bigger scope Jay!  With your experience, you'll get a lot out of it.
>
> Mark
>
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