Planetary refractor

[crowlord]

OK. As always when bored I start thinking about astronomy and spending money.

Todays pointless question is this...

Given the kit in my siggy is there a refractor or cassegrain to be used for planetary work that would

1. Retail for sub 150GBP OTA only
   
2. Give a better planetary image than my 200 or 130 reflectors
   
3. Improve imaging ability/ quality with my 900nc
   

Of course the pointless questions are the ones that end up costing me money

[omneferuss]

150 GBP ? ...No.

[dweller25]

You will have to spend a lot of money to beat the planetary views the 200P gives.

A 10" Newtonian, a 6" APO or C11 would be the next step up - none are £150 - sorry.

[John]

Have to agree with the others I'm afraid - you would need to spend a lot more than £150 to beat the planetary views that a well collimated 200P will give.

[russ]

There's an Intes MK67 for sale at Skylight, they are asking £210. Now that is one very nice planetary scope. It would whop the 130 with ease and should give a sharper and more contrasty view than the 200P. Neither my 200P or my C8 were a match for the Intes Micro M603.

[crowlord]

Excellent answers, i'd rather not throw good money after bad so although a no may seem bad then it really isnt.

(It also stops me from being tempted )

[brianb]

You will have to spend a lot of money to beat the planetary views the 200P gives.

A 10" Newtonian, a 6" APO or C11 would be the next step up - none are £150 - sorry.

Indeed. To get a worthwhile improvement over a properly collimated 200P, you're talking about ten times £150. Sorry.