Looking for a little advice from the experienced telecope users out there. I have decided to invest in a real telescope and, other than cost, I have two major concerns. First, what about collimation of a reflector? Difficult? Time consuming? I've read that the Mak-Cas, because of the closed tube design, seldom needs collimation. Is this true? It appears that I would make a major concession to aperture to purchase a Mak-Cas in the same price range as a reflector. Would it be worth it?
Second, sorry guys, but size does matter. The prospect of wrestling a 35 pound (almost a third of my own weight) tube onto a tripod is daunting indeed, but if the smaller, lighter Mak-Cas would yield noticeably poorer views, I'll start pumping iron now.
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<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: gethen on 2002-11-11 12:03 ]</font>