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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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