Your mak-experiences

[perfrej]

From an imaging standpoint, the Skywatcher (or Orion) 190mn is hard to beat. Images like a refractor and has a very reasonable price tag. And, best of all, no diffraction spikes.

/per

[username]

Maybe the MAK102 has many of the characteristics of Sir Patrick's "Three-inch Refractor"?

I always imagine that was an 80mm / f=1000mm achromat??? Lose a little light in MAK mirrors,

gain in colour correction and portability? Back to my 1963 "Observer's Book of Astronomy"!

I've often thought the same; bit of aperture loss due to meniscus front end, lack of snazzy coatings inside (I'm sure we'd be inundated with supplier acronyms if they did) so refraction/reflection loss, secondary diffraction....

I set about trying to find out once but trawling through the sources online you often find yourself in theoretical arguments that take the fun away. Better to go outside and look at something