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For general information and fun I thought I'd include some poll data on big
telescopes...Source is the Yahoo! Telescope User Groups. (May 1, 2002)
For questions like:
 | What size telescope should I get? |
| What is a big telescope? |
| What size aperture do you consider 'big' for routine
observing? |
| Size (inches) |
# Respondents |
% |
| >= 8 inches |
4 |
2.31% |
| >= 10 inches |
10 |
5.78% |
| >= 12 inches |
27 |
15.61% |
| >= 14 inches |
29 |
16.76% |
| >= 16 inches |
43 |
24.86% |
| >= 18 inches |
30 |
17.34% |
| >= 20 inches |
30 |
17.34% |
| What
size (in inches) dobsonians do people on this list actually have? |
| Size
(inches) |
# Respondents |
% |
| 4 |
2 |
0.83% |
| 6 |
8 |
3.32% |
| 8 |
23 |
9.54% |
| 10 |
32 |
13.28% |
| 12 |
32 |
13.28% |
| 14 |
21 |
8.71% |
| 16 |
28 |
11.62% |
| 17 |
11 |
4.56% |
| 18 |
37 |
15.35% |
| 20 |
17 |
7.05% |
| 22 |
8 |
3.32% |
| 24 |
1 |
0.41% |
| 25 |
8 |
3.32% |
| 27 |
1 |
0.41% |
| 30 |
6 |
2.49% |
| 32 |
2 |
0.83% |
| 36 |
1 |
0.41% |
| 40 |
2 |
0.83% |
| 41 |
0 |
0.00% |
| Way, way bigger than that |
1 |
0.41% |
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