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Old October 15th 18, 01:35 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
RichA[_6_]
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Default C14 seems to be the "go-to" telescope for cutting-edge planetaryand moon imaging

On Thursday, 11 October 2018 10:20:14 UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 16:49:43 -0700 (PDT), RichA
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Lots of people seem to use them for this. I wonder if it's because for its aperture, it's portable allowing them (the owners) to seek-out better seeing conditions more easily?


Well, people mostly like their scopes to be portable so they can take
them to dark locations, not locations with better seeing (the latter
often involving much greater travel distances). And you don't need
particularly dark skies for lunar and planetary imaging.


Better seeing overall is linked to larger geographical areas, but improving local seeing can be as easy as going to a large park, getting away from buildings since 80% of us live in larger cities now. Darker skies aren't paramount for planets, but it doesn't hurt, especially if they are clearer of pollution of any kind, which usually means rural skies.