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I used a 6 inch dob for awhile. After using refractors for some time. The lack of color issues was a big improvement. Now have an old Celestron C8 Schmidt_Cassegrain. But actually don't do as much astronomy as I once did. Used to be little light pollution where I lived, but it has slowly and surely increased.The hope is that the Olympus Pros will already be a sufficiently large upgrade from my previous binoculars that I'll be happy enough just so long as I don't compare with the very best units available. But even if I do, the ~2400 USD price differential between mine and the very top-end sets might buy any number of other distractions!
Backyard astronomy was actually one of my passions back when I had a sort of backyard. I really got a rush out of seeing faintly glowing regions of sky resolved into countless granules! Still really want to build a 6" f/8 dob for viewing planets too, and it just doesn't seem right if it's not all Sonotube and birch-ply (but I ramble).