BRESSER Messier 6'' Planetary Dobsonian Telescope

[johninderby]

3 minutes ago, John said:

Thanks John.

I was wondering what the term "Planetary" meant in terms of optimisation for this purpose.

 

Bresser does two 6” dobs (f/5 and f/8) and the “planetary” refers to the longer focal length version.

Edited November 24, 2020 by johninderby

[Pixies]

10 hours ago, johninderby said:

Bresser does two 6” dobs (f/5 and f/8) and the “planetary” refers to the longer focal length version.

The F5 6" is a table-top dob, isn't it. I notice that the 6" planetary doesn't have the nice Hexafoc focuser that adorns the 8" and 10"

 

[johninderby]

Ues the smaller dob is more of a table top dpb.

The focuser on the 6” doesn’t look bad but not in the same class as the one on the 8” and 10”.  Will be interested to hear how owners of the 6” get on with it.

[John]

A 6 inch F/8 dob could be a 5 inch apo refractor "killer" potentially, at a far, far lower cost.

Interesting thread from 2017 on a comparison between an F/8 6 inch and a F/5 of the same aperture:

https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/294136-6-f5-vs-6-f8-newt-planetary-shoot-out/

The Bresser dobs were not around then though.