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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;4to2centBC, post: 2857830, member: 76181&quot;]I have been involved in astronomy since I was nine years old. I originally went to college for astronomy. I have owned refractors, Newtonians and I still own a 4&quot; SCT that I bought 30 years ago.&nbsp; The SCT&#039;s have their own issues and so do refractors. I have looked through C-14&#039;s, the 40&quot; Lowell refractor, and numerous other scopes over the years. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am intimately familiar with everything you stated and because of it, I bought a Dob. If I thought an SCT was superior to a Dob, I would have spent the money. But they aren&#039;t. They have significant trade-offs vs a simple Newt (such as poorer contrast and slow cool down times and the big ones are just as heavy.)</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as usability.....the Dob weighs about 25lbs for the tube and 25lbs for the base. Quite light for an average adult.</p><p><br /></p><p>go to cloudynights.com&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; You will learn more about scopes then you will ever care to know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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