Took my new telescope to the same spot as my old one, night and day difference

I used to fight with a 20 year old refractor that gave everything a blue haze, drove me nuts trying to get Jupiter's bands. Last week I dragged my new 8 inch dobsonian to the same field in Ohio and the moon looked like a 3D model, I could see the craters' shadows. Anyone else had that moment where upgrading gear made you realize your old shots were just fighting the scope the whole time?

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fiona_sullivan2923d ago

My buddy had the same thing with his old spotting scope, he thought Saturn was just a fuzzy blob for years. Got a cheap 6 inch and almost fell over when he saw the rings for the first time, said he felt like he'd been using a dirty window the whole time.