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[pvaz]

ah i see. but then surely these people did not read the op's specifications.. " the best views" ... he did not mention portability, only the visual quality.

I just find it strange that 150 ota's are being reccomended.

It's the best views with a 1000 budget, as far as I'm aware there are no bigger SCTs or APO refractors selling for under 1000.

Without a limit I would pick the biggest APO triplet available and and some Zeiss Abbe Orthos.

Probably this:

Takahashi FCT-200 Fluorite ED Triplet on EM-3500 Mount - OPT Telescopes

6mm Lunar/Planetary Eyepiece Comparison - Review

[MjrTom]

Yeah that would make an awesome setup

OK back to earth. Not only do you need the OTA you will need a mount, a few eyepieces depending upon the seeing conditions, maybe a power pack, dew shields. a red dot finder or Telrad etc etc so for £1000 the recommendations given by people in this thread are suitable for the OP's needs

[rightguard]

possibly but you could forget the powerpack, due shields arent expensive, telrada arnet essential, and you can go for 2nd hand gear.

i really dont know but if i couldnt get a second hand 12 inch dob for under a grand id be surprised?

[pvaz]

Mark, I think the idea of the thread is to go wild on this. As far as I know the OP already haves a scope and was just posting an hypothetical question.

[MjrTom]

Down to earth here. What consumer telescope (Budget under £1000):

anyway what ever

[pvaz]

was edited.

original question was something like "what scope and EP would you chose for the best possible views of saturn"