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Reged: 04/27/08
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Loc: Northern California
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Re: Least happy with the C6
08/06/08 09:42 AM
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Hi,
Good thoughts folks, keep them coming! A couple of points, I've tried them under a variety of seeing conditions (well cooled down), and a variety of magnifications since I understand the magnification issue. And as I said the scope is perfectly collimated by star testing. The C6 keeps coming up short.
I was at a star party the other day, the C6 had been out all evening so well cooled down - I just couldn't groove with it. I was supposed to be showing other folks some sights, instead I took out my binos and enjoyed the skies.
And yes the 8" rules the others. It has premium optics from OWL, and has great contrast, a bright image, and I can see lots of DSO's. That's what puzzles me, the progression should be wee refractors, 6"-8" and eventually 12". Somehow the 6" isn't there.
I will try more rigorous side by side testing of equal magnification against the other scopes.
Dan
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TV Ethos 13mm
Oberwerk Ultra 15x70
Celestron C6 f/10 & AT Voyager Alt/Az mount
8" f/6.3 Newtonian (Dad's ATM) & AT66 red tube
12.5" f/4.1 Telekit (Dad's ATM Mirror)
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