It is a temporary pause. Once I move to the dark sky site I likely will buy another bigSkyHiker wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 2:21 am Ouch that's $400 per session. I would have kept it for later and I would have taken it to dark sites for some adventures. What a shame. I mean, what about the Grand Canyon star party or the RTMC, gorgeous places not that far away, the Sierras are only 4 hours, nice for a few days of vacation. Hopefully the C11 will work better, but there are only 2 planets worth watching during very few days per year and most of the planet joy is in astrophotography. I hope it will work better for you, good luck with your future plans.
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Home skies are crap and my nearest dark(er) site is about an hour away, so I'm not going out there all that often.
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I haven't really thought about a Mak - maybe that's a good idea for a new scope!pakarinen wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 5:38 pm Reverse aperture fever is apparently quite common. And you can always amp back up later if the circumstances suit. Not in the same league, but I find I'm grabbing my ST80 about 4x as often as my ST120. Wondering if I should sell the 120 and get a little Mak for lunar.
Home skies are crap and my nearest dark(er) site is about an hour away, so I'm not going out there all that often.
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