Re: Help me pick my Birthday Present?

HI Mark

>My long term goal is to
>save up for an 18" Obsession, so the 12" makes even more sense right now.
Owning a 12" and an 18" scope is a great combination.

>My impression is that for people whose primary interest is pure observing,
>as opposed to imaging, dobs are the way to go. Is that about right?

For most. Absolutely.

I also have an Orion ST120 that I love dearly for wide field galactic
combing ;-)

GML

GML

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Mark Yates <yatesm@No-Spam> wrote:

> Many thanks to everybody who has weighed in so far. It has been very
> helpful and your comments have pretty much confirmed my choice to get the
> 12" dob. Of course, now I have to think about waiting until the end of
> December for the 14", but I think the 12" is a better fit for me right now
> in terms of cost and portability.
>
> I do love my little 8" SCT. The optics are very good, I love the GOTO and
> tracking functions, and, once I figured it out, I have been amazed at how
> much I can see with it. But after a year of pursuing this hobby I think it
> will be good to push a dob around for a while and learn more of the sky.
> And anyway, it has a computerized finding system. My long term goal is to
> save up for an 18" Obsession, so the 12" makes even more sense right now.
> My impression is that for people whose primary interest is pure observing,
> as opposed to imaging, dobs are the way to go. Is that about right?
>
> Thanks again and I hope to see some of you soon--my actual birthday is the
> 19th, so I'm hoping for good weather on the following Saturday at a nice
> dark site. There's nothing I want more for my 50th than a good night of
> observing!
>
> Mark.
>
>
>
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