Curious to hear your thoughts on either of these scopes and whether either of these offers are a good buy. Orion Sky Quest Intelliscope XT 10 vs. Celestron NexStar 6SE My understanding is the dobsonian is a much bigger light bucket (better for DSOs) while the SCT is going to be much more portable and offer slightly closer views of planets, etc. submitted by /u/asps-verydangerous [link] [comments]