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Rich wrote:
> RMOLLISE wrote:
> > Rich wrote:
> Not the one I had. Took about 4 hours to cool down and the images were
> poor.
> 65lbs of steel and aluminum takes forever to cool. Such a scope is an
> anachronism today, easily superceded in ease of use and qualilty by
> modern SCTs.
Well, there's really no doubt about that. There've been times when I've
thought how great it would be to have a C10 (or a C16), but I've always
managed to come back to reality. ;-)
Not that the ones I've seen and used haven't been "good" (cooldown is
really not a huge factor for us down here), but my modern NS11 would
tromp all over that beautiful blue and white C10. ;-)
Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of:
Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope
and
The Urban Astronomer's Guide
<http://skywatch.brainiac.com/astroland>
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