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Originally Posted by slodave View Post
I need (OK, would like) a small (but powerful) portable setup. Looking at stars in the middle of the Greater L.A. area sucks.
Why's it need to be small? With telescopes, aperture rules. Dobsonians are relatively portable and very simple to setup. If you went with a truss dob, it's even more portable, but requires a bit more setup.

A 4" refractor would also not be a bad choice.
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