Is this upgrade worth it?

[g0ibi]

I am thinking of upgrading from my SW 200PDS to a 10" Quattro (steel). I have limited room in my roll-off obsy ,so 1000mm is the max FL I can use.

But will I gain much or does the extra fine collimation needed make it more difficult? Difficult decision, I am 50/50 visual and AP at the moment, but Ap is 'taking over'! Thoughts and comments would be helpful, thanks..

Cheers

Ron

[Peter Drew]

The shift from 8" to 10" is usually quite noticeable, 50% extra light gathering. I've no experience of the Quattro but it would appear to be faster therefore more suitable for AP. Collimation is a skill we all should develope.

[g0ibi]

Thanks Peter, my collimation skills are pretty good using a Cheshire and a Baader laser. I'm not too worried about that, it's is there a 'wow' factor with the Quattro?

[ollypenrice]

Thanks Peter, my collimation skills are pretty good using a Cheshire and a Baader laser. I'm not too worried about that, it's is there a 'wow' factor with the Quattro?

In imaging F ratio is king so I suspect that there will be an imaging Wow, certainly. I use our Tak FSQ85 at native F5.3 and reduced F3.9. There is no small difference in signal to time ratio!

If you are up for tweaking the fast Quattro then I bet you'd be delighted.

Olly