My family and I visited a local astronomy club observatory Saturday Night and all I can say is WOW! They have this pier mounted 14" Go-To SCT that produced the most amazing views I have ever seen. The combination of dark skies and that monster of a scope allowed me to actually see the spiral arms of M51 and with adverted vision I could make out the bridge!! We saw Saturn and 5 of it's moons too. When we got back late that night, I decided I would try to image Jupiter the next morning. So I got out the Mak, polar aligned it and took a peek at a few targets before I called it a night. Man, what a let down, after looking thru a 14" scope then my 5" it's definitely all about aperture.
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