advice please

[richbyers]

i suffer from back problems and long story short ive been having troubles with my heritage so ive decided upon keeping the heritage for my better days and getting a ST102 as a main use scope with a eq1

now my question is - i know that the 102 has less light gathering and a slightly shorter length, but ive heard nothing but praise for this scope- so i am correct in this? or will i recieve it, take it out and think 'argh what have i done'....and never use it again and just end up using the heritage?

i know some peopel mount their dobs, but id rather not go down this road

im going to be using it for moon, planets, dsos - no astrohphotgraphy though.....im on a tight budget and the 102 suits my needs perfectly- im an astrophysics student and live and breath astronomy, so i know what to expect from scopes and how to use them.....just need some particulars and want some secondary opinions

so long story short- is the 102 a close enough partner to the heritage to not be dissapointed?

rich

[rory]

should be fine imo. i had plenty of good viewing with 90mm refractor. ok dimmer dso's might be tougher ,but planets and lunar should be fine.

[Capricorn]

It will show some CA on the brighter objects, if you don't mind this then should be OK.

Only mention it as some wonder what all the fuss is about, others scream in horror.

[richbyers]

cool- i thought so......about CA- ive read about that but never experienced it (never having a refractor before).....i reckon i could live with it

[rory]

cool- i thought so......about CA- ive read about that but never experienced it (never having a refractor before).....i reckon i could live with it

my refractor was only a cheapish astromaster and i found hardly any ca . but i suppose a seasoned astronomer would frown upon it.

[Keiran]

just wondering is there a reason why you havnt considered the 130 newt on an eq2?

[richbyers]

just wondering is there a reason why you havnt considered the 130 newt on an eq2?

not sure really....guess as i already have a 130 reflector scope it would feel as if i am buying the heritage all over again (which im intending to keep using) so i wanted to take a walk into refractor country

im still thinking on the CA issue though...pretty sure i want a refractor