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And here it is, my first frac: apm 152 ed 😁 I know, I know... this is surely too big for a first refractor, but I found such a good deal that I couldn't resist 😆. And the clarity, sharpness and constrast of the views are simply amazing compared to the mass produced mirrors I owned.

Excited to be here! Hi, I'm a 19 year old (little) guy from Italy. I live near Milan in a medium-sized city called Lecco, with a Bortle 7/8 sky. I was passionate about astrophysics and astronomy since i was 8 years old, but i never owned a telescope until my parents thought about buying one for my little brother: this is were all my "strumentitis" began😅 Now i own a 16 inch dobsonian and I explore the sky every time it's clear! P.s: I very much like motorsport, mechanics and mechanical engineering, and also like cooking and eating enormous amounts of food (like any proper Italian citizen should do🤣) Thanks to you all, clear skies!

Greetings to you all, this is my first post here on Stargazer's Lounge, love being here! This is my 'Big Dob', a RP Astro S-Star 16 inch truss dobsonian with GSO f4,5 optics. It was sold by a very well known shop here in Italy some years ago and I had the luck to find one on the used market to enjoy. I was considering selling this scope but I realized I like it too much. Some peculiarities include: - Foldable permanently attached alt bearings - Front collimatable primary mirror cell - Single arm secondary mirror support with thin steel wire tensioning (resulting in six very thin diffraction spikes) Hope you like it!