sdtopensied t1_j9911hx wrote on February 20, 2023 at 4:22 AM Reply to Most solar telescopes tend to be below five inches in aperture, as solar scopes above four to six inches or so have to resort to costly measures to eliminate the effects of bad seeing by Ok_Copy5217 In bad seeing (i.e. turbulent atmosphere), smaller telescopes will often provide better views than larger telescopes. Geography matters too. https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-equipment/beating-the-seeing/ Permalink 2
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Reply to Most solar telescopes tend to be below five inches in aperture, as solar scopes above four to six inches or so have to resort to costly measures to eliminate the effects of bad seeing by Ok_Copy5217
In bad seeing (i.e. turbulent atmosphere), smaller telescopes will often provide better views than larger telescopes. Geography matters too.
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-equipment/beating-the-seeing/