You can have the best of both worlds. I have an 18" Obsession with JMI DSC's (whose
Galaxy mirror is an order of magnitude better than the LX mirror). I can locate and
hand slew to an object faster than I can with my LX-200--and I don't make any noise
:-). I use the LX for photography.

Clear skies, Andy

Michael J. Cook wrote: There are generally 2 schools of thought between LX200 type
telescopes (i.e with

> GOTO capability) and other scopes such as Dobs. I, like most people on this list
> love being under the stars, and I really appreciate spending my time looking at
> stuff rather than hunting them down. I spent 20 years doing the later, and I
> have logged many objects. Now the other school says "how dare you introduce GOTO
> capability amateur astronomy; the whole point is to hunt down those elusive
> objects". Some factions in this school also loath the sound an LX200 makes as it
> slews from object to object.
>
> I purchased an LX200 to spend more time under the stars looking at things. Dobs
> are beautiful telescopes too, and can be great light buckets for seeing the
> faintest of objects if you can afford nice large mirrors. Its a matter of using
> technology to your advantage versus taking the cost of that technology and using
> towards a larger aperature scope. There isn't a a right or wrong answer her,
> just personal preferences, and a respect for your peer's choices.
>
> --
> Michael Cook
>
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