8 or 10 inch Dob

fizzy123 · Post by **fizzy123** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 1:17 pm

Hi AGMI,
I think u should take a look at the actual 8 inch or 10inch, it is veri big in size. The 10 inch is in fact 5/8 of my height.

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Post by **weixing** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 2:09 pm

Hi,
May be you should go to Astro Scienitific Centre to take a look. The biggest newtonian display there is a 10" F5 Newtonian and the second biggest is a 8" F5 Newtonian. Remember, a Dob Newtonian is normally larger in physical size than a EQ mount Newtonian.

So I think may be you should really think twice whether you really want a 8" or 10" Dob!

Good Luck and Have a nice day.

PS: I think a 2 to 3 year old kid can actually hide in that 10" Newtonian... A good place to hide when playing "hide and seek" for kids... Ha Ha Ha

AGMI · Post by **AGMI** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 6:31 pm

eh i live in private property

Post by **VinSnr** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 8:44 pm

AGMI wrote:eh i live in private property

see...you guys worried for nothing.....

If you are staying in a landed property, get the 10" and invite us all over....

AGMI · Post by **AGMI** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 8:46 pm

eh but i'm badlyrestricted..i got the entire half of my south blocked and 1/4 of my north blocked too and even parts of east and west
so u can only see north and parts of south and north block till 20 degrees cuz of the other houses

A 5 YeaR Old · Post by **A 5 YeaR Old** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 2:47 pm

in that case, get a much more portable scope, you are going to miss out a bit. a 10" dob is simply too huge. try getting the 8" portoball from acc

http://www.singastro.org/viewtopic.php?t=1600

portoballs are very portable, no prob if you wanna move to a nicer site.

mickath · Post by **mickath** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 10:51 pm

I have both 8 ich and 10 inch dobsonian, and I dont find any big different in performance. But 10 inch is definately very much heavier than 8 inch.