Alan W. Craft wrote in message . ..
On 1 Sep 2003 09:29:56 -0700, (david) ...reflected:

Alan,
Well, to be honest, I would like to try out a Tak...and I agree on
your assessment of the LV, sold mine the week it came...too bad money
IS the limiting factor...otherwise, I would have a refractor
collection!!!

Only one GOOD refractor is needed, and for stars and planets, particularly
doubles and variables. For anything else, get a Newtonian.

snip...

I got a Discovery 8" f8 "Mars Observer" dob in about 3 weeks ago. Got
in some quick views of Mars so far, seems to be a great scope. Not
too portable thought, looks like a canon out front on my driveway

The weather here in the southeast is terrible most of the summer and I
have had 3 nights of opportunities since the Mars scope came. Last
night, I played peek-a-boo with the clouds and Mars, only got two
mosquito bites, not too bad of a summer night!!!!

How much maginification will the Tak pull on Mars on an average night?

David