Can a 20-cm SCT compete with a 4-meter giant?
No, but we can try.

• Object: Running Man Nebula (NGC 1977) in Orion
• Exposure: 65 minutes @ f/10
• Telescope: Celestron C-8
• Mount: Losmandy GM-8
• Guiding: Celestron Radial Guider, SBIG ST-4 (A5), 0.5x/PEC
• Camera: Olympus OM-1
• Film: Kodak E200
• Location: Loudon, NH
• Date: 03-Dec-00 00:54 EST
• Conditions: seeing 6/10, transparency 7/10, LVM 6.0, 15° F
• Processing: UMAX PowerLook 3000, Photoshop 6.0.1, bgsmooth 8 50