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Hi All,
I'm collecting a variety of small scopes to get a handle on what I like best. This is easy since two of them I got from my Dad (the 12" isn't finished yet). Along with them I picked up a C6 for the recent low price, as a travel and grab/go scope. But unfortunately I like the C6 the least.

I have Bob's knobs on them and they star test perfectly. But the tiny 15x70's and AT66 beat the C6 by having better contrast, brighter (apparent) images, and pinpoint beautiful optics. Likewise the 8", admittedly almost twice the aperture, has stars which are far brighter and pinpoint compared to the C6.

The C6 has a comparatively dim view and the stars are boring little blobs. Now I can see more DSO's - the ring nebula for instance which can't be seen in the refractors - but the view is totally boring.

I'm not disappointed in buying it, it's still a lot of aperture in a little package, but the other scopes give better views for me so far. I don't know if it's the scope, design, aperture, or what. Comments?

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None of the above. Most people who talk about the "better contrast," "better stars," "brighter images," etc., of very small telescopes as compared to something like your C6 are actually noticing the wee scopes' large fields and low magnification. Compare the scopes at equal magnification and report back. Stars will always look smaller in smaller aperture scopes, too, when the seeing ain't what it oughta be.



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