Hi all, I'd like to purchase my first telescope but I need to know if I should allocate more time and effort to observing with a larger aperture telescope(say 100mm-127mm aperture) but having opportunities to not-as-bright skies(say Bortle4+) or if I should invest in a smaller aperture telescope(say 70mm-90mm) but having access to more dark skies(say Bortle1-3) because of portability.

For example, will I be able to see the Orion Nebula better with a 100mm telescope in a Bortle 4 sky or with a 70mm telescope in a Bortle 3 sky?


Note that I will keep the type of telescope the same for the 2 comparisons. And let us assume that hypothetically the weather is the same between the dark skies.


I apologise if there are any mistakes within this post or if this question has been asked before.


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No, for deep-sky observing dark skies are generally more important than aperture. For instance a 60-mm scope under pristine skies will show each and every galaxy in the sky much better than a 300-mm scope in the middle of a city.


However, it is a matter of degree, and it also depends what target you're viewing. The case posed by the original poster posits quite a big difference in aperture (a 100-mm scope gathers twice as much light as a 70-mm) and a fairly small difference in skyglow, because both Bortle 3 and Bortle 4 are dark enough to allow decent deep-sky observing. In that particular case, quite a number of deep-sky objects -- including the Orion Nebula -- would look better in the 100-mm scope under Bortle 4 than in the 70-mm scope under Bortle 3. But even with an ultrabright object like the Orion Nebula, some of its aspects will still show better with the smaller scope under darker skies. If you're talking seriously faint but large objects like (say) Barnard's Galaxy or the California Nebula, the 70-mm under Bortle 3 will do much better than the 100-mm under Bortle 4.


I will echo Tony's comments with respect to dark skies. Nothing helps viewing DSOs more than dark skies. I would much rather have my 90mm MCT under Bortle 2 skies than my 10" under Bortle 4+. I have repeatedly done these comparisons (I use Bortle 1-2 and Bortle 4+ sites regularly). Finding DSOs is easy in Bortle 1-2, many of messier objects are naked eye visible in Bortle 1-2. In Bortle 4+ it becomes much harder to find objects, even in a telescope, and the light pollution washes the objects out. If you have a choice always take dark skies over aperture. Having said that, lots of aperture under dark skies is amazing. My daughter and I compared the 90mm to my 10" one night under Bortle 1 skies. The 90mm easily found many Messier galaxies which were visible (about 20ish on that night). With 10" I found 70 galaxies in Virgo alone in under 2 hours (I could have found many more with patience and time). In Bortle 4 skies, you can find most (Tony could find all of them) of the bright Messier objects with 90mm, with the 10" the Messier objects are still easily doable in Bortle 4 but the of the many Galaxies in Virgo that I found in Bortle 1 skies probably only 20 or so are easily identifiable in Bortle 4.

Personally, I would always recommend a larger telescope than a smaller one for DSOs. The only reason not to get larger apertures for DSOs is portability and weight (how easy it is for you to transport and carry). Larger apertures collect more light of the very faint and fuzzy Galaxies and Nebulae. This is why Aperture Fever is a real thing for many astronomers, more aperture means more visible DSOs. If you can afford 127mm vs. 70mm then go for 127mm (127mm telescopes are really not much more to transport and move than a 70mm). FYI a 127mm telescope has over 3 times the light gathering power of the 70mm as the light gathering power goes up with square of the radius. My 10" is actually has 8 times the light gathering power of my 90mm (3.5") this makes a huge difference for DSOs but dark skies are still a much bigger difference.

The 130mm reflectors perform well under dark skies. I live in Bortle 8/9 skies. Bortle 4 is dark by comparison. Bortle 4 to bortle 1 is a more subtle difference. The things that you need bortle 1 skies for also benefit from as much aperture as you can get out to the dark sight. Consider that dobs and mini dobs are often as easy or easier to transport as a tripod mounted scope.

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