Q: Mathematically the 10" should show a lot more details to an 8"
Q: Those who own Dobsonians, how often do you need to colliminate your light bucket?
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The XT10i is not a go to. It is a push to. You might have meant the XT10g, which is a go to.Power Ranger wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 6:19 pm After 20 years, I sold my Celestron Nexstar 5i. Now shopping for a new scope, I've narrowed it down to either the Nexstar 8SE or a 10" Orion SkyQuest XT10i IntelliScope. I'm not willing to spend more than $2000 (tax incl) for backyard viewing and with no interest in astrophotography. A computerized Goto is a must as I like to spend my hour(s) viewing rather then searching for DSO's. Both SE and XT10i are similarly priced with SE costing a bit more. If I get the 8SE, I don't plan to upgrade the SE mount to a GEM. If it's the XT10i, I'm leaning towards the upgraded dual fine tuning focuser.
Q: Mathematically the 10" should show a lot more details to an 8" aperture, however in reality, will there really be a "Wow " factor in viewing Messier objects?
Q: Those who own Dobsonians, how often do you need to colliminate your light bucket?
Opinions/comments welcomed
Yep.Bigzmey wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 2:02 am 10" will gather ~56% more light than 8", not a drastic but quite noticeable improvement for faint DSOs.
However, the best scope is the one which gets used and 8SE will be much easier to store, move and deploy. It will still be a significant step up from 5" and will show you hundreds of targets from your backyard.
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