I agree 100%, I need a refractor with more aperture! ;) Steve
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 16:33:13 -0700 From: outwest112@yahoo.com To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Meade 16" LX200
From: Steve Fisher <iotacass1@hotmail.com> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2011 3:21 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Meade 16" LX200
Steve:
The refractor does fit the idea of a telescope that most of the public has in mind when they first wander accross one of our public star parties. So it's a comforatable entry point for most of them.
I have also had a steady stream of viewers tell me that the best view of the night was through my 17.5 inch dob. These are people who have looked through enough telescopes to make a comparison and form an opinion.
The answer to this paradox is aperture. The Dob and SCT have it and the refractors don't. Do a comparison view of Saturn of all the telescopes on the field at the star party. The one with the most aperture always seems to win unless the owner doesn't know how to properly collimate.
At least it does to my eye.
Daniel Turner
Jim:
I have no problem posting here and don't even think it will start a flame throwing contest. Simply put, >"to my eye" the contrast I see in my current refractors or the three previous refractors I owned is more >pleasing to me than any SCT I have owned. The image in my scopes may be smaller and dimmer than >some of the SCT's I have owned but contrast and depth of focus seem to be what moves me most with >my refractors. That and the long lines of people who want to look through my scope because it "looks >like a telescope". I didn't say that. People do. Sounds to me as though we agree to some extent. Steve
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