Looks like one of those deep-field Hubble pictures

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Twenty five million light years....I can't even begin to imagine...and what's more amazing, here we are..starring that long ago into the past..Space..just wow.

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The one thing that makes it bearable
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That's with the 80mm scope? I'm impressed! I'm shopping for my first "real" telescope, and now I'm thinking I don't need to go so aperture crazy as I thought I wanted to. I was originally thinking of a 127-150mm Mak-Cass, but now am thinking of an 8" Newt. Honestly, overall, I have no idea. Its probably going to come down to whenever I get sick of researching I'm just going to pick one out of a hat.

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newtonians rule!!!

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Thanks very much! Well, i used to think it was all aperture, but then I looked into refractors. This is the one I have [link] They make them in Germany. Look elsewhere for a refractor of similar spec, and you're talking double the price! Look at the images of Jupiter taken with this, 80mm!! The crayford focuser is AMAZING!!! The 1:10 micorfocuser on it is really good. Somethng to take into consideration when choosing your scope It's really small and practical too.

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Yeah, 25 million light years!! . I wonder what the earth looked like then. What evolution stage was it at? It's mad to think

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are you taking the micky?

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Cool, thanks for the info. I never considered a refractor 'cuz I thought any good aperture on one would cost too much. Now my search has widened even more! D'oh!

I've been looking through your gallery and saw that you have a 127 Mak in your arsenal. I've been looking at Orion's 127mm Mak-Cass quite a bit. How would you compare it to the other scopes you use? I like the idea of its portability over that of a Newt, and I know they're good planet observers, but I'd also like to do some deep-sky stuff, or at least as much as my light-polluted skies will allow. I'm planning on attending a public observing of a local astronomy club, so hopefully I can get a feel of different scope there. Decisions, decisions.

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