How many!

[nederman63]

Telescopes do you seasoned professionals have? From reading posts on here it seems quite a few of you own more than one. Do you have different scopes for different purposes or you dont like to part with scopes you buy, or is it like a obsession in this hobby to have multiple scopes.

[JamesF]

Saying you only need one telescope is like saying you only need one hammer.

James

[swedonator]

I am not one of them (I have none). I think that some upgrade and keep their old scope, some buy a scope for a purpose, astrophoto for example, it may be good to have one portable that only weights about 20kg while the astrophoto setup might weight 35kg.

[Luke]

Q. How many telescopes are enough?

A. One more!

I think of them like a bag of golf clubs. You can play a round of golf with one club, but different shots are best tackled with different clubs!

[Monty]

Only three, newtonian, SCT and a small refractor.

[DoctorD]

I'm certainly not a season professional, but I currently have:

C8 SCT

Skymax 102 MAK

INED 70 APO refractor

SW130P Newtonian

Celestron Travel scope 70

Mainly use the C8 and INED 70 together on Minitower II.

The others will be up for sale soon!

Paul

[fondofchips]

All goes to plan until you buy another scope & have nowhere to put it................

[swamp thing]

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I think of them like a bag of golf clubs. You can play a round of golf with one club, but different shots are best tackled with different clubs!

Great way of putting it

I have two at the moment, with another one under construction. All have their purposes.

[ronin]

5 at present, plan on 2 maybe 3 more.

Not sure after that.

I look upon it that I will need that many so I can use all the eyepieces I have. :grin:

[JamesF]

Yeah, I'm not sure how often I could see the need for more than a dozen or so.

James

[DirkSteele]

I have 3 with a 4th about to arrive. My largest is an 11" Fork Mounted SCT. The scope to be delivered is a 7" Triplet Apo which over time will become the primary astrophotography scope (though for the time being it will become my primary Visual use scope), and two 4" class triplet Apo refractors. Here lies my duplication.

The APM 105 F/6.2 is the newest of the two, and is small enough to be airline portable carry-on size, so is my designated travel scope. The older TMB 115 F/7 is a bit larger so not airline portable, and though gathers a bit more light than the 105, it does not really offer anything more than the 105. If it were not for the fact that Thomas Back of TMB sadly passed away in 2007, I would probably sell it, but now I almost look it like a collectors item.

[Robny]

Certainly not a seasoned professional but I have two and NOT permitted to buy more

[starnut]

N + 1 is the rule

[Peter Drew]

24 at the last count but use only 5 on any regular basis.

[nederman63]

24, ekk, another 23 and i will have caught up with you, if you dont buy anymore of course!

[Peter Drew]

I do "cheat" by making some of them!

[cotterless45]

2 refractors, 5 Newts,5 mounts and a man shed. Most gear rescued from Fleabay, either abused or neglected. Now restored and used if we ever get

clearer skies,

Nick.

[cathalferris]

Hmm.

8" Newt,

6" newt,

80mm ED refractor

70mm ED refractor

PST

(8.75" newt as a long-term construction project)

And I want to get a 12" SW Goto dob..

Definitely in need of clear skies

[nederman63]

You lot impress me :-)

[DaveS]

Only got the one. Doesn't seem worthwhile from London.

Everything I've got is in my sig.

[DoctorD]

Starnut

N+1

I guess that's N=how many you have now.

There is also M-1

Where M is the number where your partner makes you sleep in the shed with your scopes

Paul

[Stargazer_00]

Started last year. Bought 4 scopes so far. Sold 2 of them to appease the wife.Of course I have designs on my 5th but it is a replacement for my dob. I will sell that when I get its replacement

[laser_jock99]

Eight scopes- but spread over two sites. Each one has it's own function in terms of focal length, F ratio & field of view.

1x 80mm refractor guide scope

2x 80mm ED refractor imager/guiders

1x 120mm ED refractor imager

1x 200mm F8 reflector (visual/planetary imager)

1x 200mm F4/F2.9 reflector imager

1x 300mm F4/F2.9 reflector imager

1x 150mm F4.5 refractor visual

If I had to keep just one scope it would be the 120mm ED as a good 'all rounder', maybe the 300mm F4 as well........

[steveb1977]

6" Reflector and small Refrator that I first used. 16" Dobsonian that I built and an 8.75" Dobsonian I built afterwards. The last after I realized the set up involved for a 16" Dob for a quick halk hour observing!

[KeironKK]

Let me see:

90/900 Skywatcher refractor on an EQ3-2, 130/900 Skywatcher Newt on an EQ3 Pro Synscan, Astromaster 76 with associated garbage and a Celestron 70 Travelscope with its flimsy excuse for a tripod. Planning on donating the Astromaster to the local charity shop and the 90 'frac will be going up for sale, but with the EQ2 mount it came with, as soon as I decide what scope I'm upgrading to. Toss up between a 150P Newt or a 200P Newt.