"Shneor Sherman" wrote

Bottom Line: Aperture is *not* everything!

Sketcher
To sketch is to see.

Hare you obsrved, for example, the Perseus galaxy cluster with your 6"
refractor? How many galaxies can you see? How about NGC 6894? Or
NGC2371-2? How do these objects look in your 6" refractor?

Better on deep sky?

Give me a break!

Would you be disappointed in your weenie 22" if I brought a 40" dob to one
of your star parties? How about a 6.5 meter model? Bigger may be better for
seeing more stars in a cluster and more structure in a nebula or galaxy,
but.. how ridiculously big do you want to get?