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Hi... Just a quick question for those with more than one telescope: do you ever go out on an evening with two scopes that complement each other (ie say a short refractor for deep skies and a Mak for planets)? Or is that seen as a waste of time?

Just curious if scopes that appear to complement each other really show a noticeable difference.

Regards, Julian

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That's interesting, thanks. My 120 short refractor isn't great at showing up the planets but it is good at wider field views. But with Mars, Jupiter and Saturn quite prominent it is not great with those. Therefore a second grab and go scope (127 Make) might serve better.

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I sometimes take a Skytee-2 out with a Mak 127 on one side and a Tal 100RS on the other. I also sometimes mix and match with the Meg72 and 200P - any combo really - just to demonstrate differences for anyone who's interested.

On the tracking mount I also use a side by side arrangement for the Ha solar scope and the Meg72 with a white light filter for comparison. Always a pleaser cos the views are so different.

It's all fun to do and gets a good reaction as well as being helpful to anyone who has never used a particular scope, or is trying to choose what to buy. I'm going to put a third shoe on the skytee so I have the option of two larger scopes and a small one. :)

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Yep. I don't have this rig anymore, but it worked really nicely. 4m focal length 8" Mak for high power, and 106mm apo triplet for Widefield. The AYODigi mount held them both as it they weren't there and moved very smoothly.

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The other thing I do do still is white light solar and Ha with a PST side by side. Very nice to have both views to compare, each have their benefits. The white light is with a TV76 and Lunt Herschel Wedge.

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Stu

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Hi Julian, to contradict others, I never do unless doing a public event.  But I plan in advance as to what I want to look at, often star clusters or doubles and then take the appropriate scope, usually the smaller one as that's easier for me.

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I use bins to get wide field views when at dark sky sites. I do have a 4.5" RFT but seldom bother with it.

Mostly I observe with other amateurs so we tend to take peaks through each other's scopes anyway. This saves messing about with multi scope rigs.

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I may do a few sweeps with binoculars, particularity when the summer milkyway is present. However I travel to either a dark sky site so take the dobsonian, or set up near to home on my allotment (a little better with regard to light pollution) so never occurs to me to have more than one scope at any one time. 

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I think having two 'scopes at once really makes sense when you have two mounts, unless, of course you're using a dual imaging rig. With two separate rigs you could be imaging DSOs with one and either looking at, or imaging planets with the other.

My 180 mak and Megrez 90 rig come to mind, but I'm not sure I want to buy another mount just yet, with moving house looming.

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