sorry, I’m not normally against free enterprise but this, if I get a vote - no! The normal light pollution is already too much. My neighbor whose driveway I use for my 18” Obsession telescope just added a bunch of ground lights so I have to take bags there to cover them. (My house has too many trees around limiting the overhead dome.) So I don’t want to be viewing a planet or Messier object while some idiotic luminescent billboard floats through the lens.
Not just that, but with almost all ads currently you can avoid them. If these @$$holes are allowed to paint the sky with this crap we won’t ever be able to escape unless we stay indoors.
You need to upgrade to a 22 or a 25 and go out where it is really dark (Oke-Tex star party is a good one). I’d save up for one myself, but, I am retiring soon, and, we’re going traveling on our sailboat. I don’t think I could get a 22 on the boat. I hope to buy a small table top dob, or, a small schmit-cas on a tripod to use when we stop at an island.
I’ve a buddy with a 22” new style Obsession. I enjoy it when he shares.
I’ve a 12.5 homemade (not by me) that I love. I can assemble it in about 10 minutes and it’s ready to go. Just wish it had a finder instead of a tel-rad. As it is, it does have a Sky-Commander, but, I really prefer the hunt for objects with a good finder and some patience.