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The perfect scope?

Started by fblue, 03/18/2005 06:46PM
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There is only one perfect scope, the one you use all the time! 8)
For some that is a refractor and some it takes a reflector. But in the end it is only perfect if it fits your needs and your car. wink
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Posted 03/18/2005 06:57PM #1
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AMEN to that, brother! 8)
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Posted 03/18/2005 07:37PM #2
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Floyd Blue said:

There is only one perfect scope, the one you use all the time! 8)
For some that is a refractor and some it takes a reflector. But in the end it is only perfect if it fits your needs and your car. wink

I couldn't agree with you more Floyd. This is why there's no "single" perfect scope that suits everyone like a one-size-fit-all sock wink

Ron B[ee]
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Posted 03/18/2005 07:38PM #3
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I'm getting to where I'm covered on aperture satisfaction for all ranges (see sig). I have the small, medium and larger scopes for different sessions and its nice.

All of mine are perfect scopes, not because I use them all the time (I use them all at different times), but because they each fill a niche.

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hi,

Ahhh ... it's the one I don't have.

clear skies,

Larry Citro
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Posted 03/19/2005 01:28AM #5
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How's the seeing (and light pollution) down there in Apple Valley, if I may ask?
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Hal,
You bet! I really would like to have a 24" Starmaster with Go-To and a scaffold that was driven with it in a domed observatory on the top of my privately owned mountain in Hawaii, but it just did not work out that way. 8)
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Posted 03/19/2005 01:34AM #7
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One that can see through clouds. No matter the size or type.
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