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....and were after a Mak,

MK66, Alter 603, ( both 2nd hand), Bosma MC6 or Skymax Pro 180 ?

and why ?

I'm hoping to make a firm decision and purchase within the nxt few weeks ready for Autumn and beyond imaging planets and the Moon.

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A McEwan

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Oh boy, this will be interesting! The MK67 was one of my dream scopes before I ever got a scope, and I've still never tried one! The 180 is a whole lot of scope for the money. Is the optical quality that inferior to the others? Will it show in planetary images? I don't know. It certainly is a great big pile of aperture in a readily-usable EQ-mounted tube that makes it fantastic for high power viewing.

An add-on modification to the focuser can easily be sorted, negating what image shift there is, if any...

The 180s can be had dirt-cheap too if you hang around the classifieds pages and swoop quickly for the kill.

Wish I had more knowledge of the others so I could be unbiased.

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I've always been keen on the Russian Intes as well, have only heard good reports but as Gaz said the focuser lets them down, if you could budget for a Moonlite as well then I'll go with the MK.

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TBH it's really doing my noodle in- so, I have an heq5, it's not going to change for a 6, the 180 I reckon I could just get away with with a 325g cam on the end of it but....

The Russian Maks are reknowned for their build & optics and zero image shift ( big plus!). I 'd be more than happy to go for a 6" Rumak if I thought there were overall advantages over the 180.

Gawd I am so stuck !!

PS the Bosma MC6 is also a serious contender, especially when I could it delivered for 460.00 !!

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Interesting ! I think GazOC might agree with you too over that. Don't get me wrong, I'd be well chuffed with a 180, just wish I had the funds when they were cheaper ie prior to becoming Black.

I shall continue the quest

It's a seriously bad itch I have ATM tho :)

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I'm completely biased. I owned the Intes M603 for almost 5 years. It was and may always be, my all time favourite scope. Pin sharp, superb contrast, nice focuser, resonable fov as only f10, built like T34 tank.

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TBH it's really doing my noodle in- so, I have an heq5, it's not going to change for a 6, the 180 I reckon I could just get away with with a 325g cam on the end of it but....

The Russian Maks are reknowned for their build & optics and zero image shift ( big plus!). I 'd be more than happy to go for a 6" Rumak if I thought there were overall advantages over the 180.

Gawd I am so stuck !!

PS the Bosma MC6 is also a serious contender, especially when I could it delivered for 460.00 !!

Don't quote me on this but when I was looking into buying my 7" Skywatcher, which is a Gregorian not a Rumak, opinion seemed to be that that difference between the 2 designs was nothing on-axis and, at f15, minimal off-axis. I guess thats why the Intes Maks can get down to f10 while the Skywatchers are f12-f15??

At f15 you just don't see the outer FOV where Rumak has the clear advantage over the Gregorian.

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A friend of mine had an Intes scope but it was Mak Newt cannot remember which one but it looked awesome, built really well and weighed a ton.

I've always wanted a MN86 like this one.

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I'm a big fan of Russian scopes. I had a MN68 which was suberb but a big lump to hump around, I sold that and got a MN56, much more manageable.

I've got 2 of the smaller SW maks 90 & 127 and I'm really surprised at how good they are, the 127 gives the OMC140 a good run for the money and that's a 1/6th wave scope.

I understand that cooling can be an issue with the 180 but it's still one of the main contenders. The choice might be whatever comes up first at a decent price.

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