£450? £4,500? £45,000? none seem right to me?

[Chris]

Interesting scope for someone, but I can't make sense of the price at 45,000? May well be a typo as often is on ABS, £450 very cheap! £4,500 would seem very expensive, and £45,000 well that can't be right.

http://www.astrobuysell.com/uk/propview.php?view=121146

[Chris]

EDIT: I've just seen that the seller has edited the price - £450, seems like the good buy for someone if they did an ok job of the mirror? 

[Peter Drew]

4 minutes ago, Chris Lock said:

EDIT: I've just seen that the seller has edited the price - £450, seems like the good buy for someone if they did an ok job of the mirror? 

Yes precisely, the £450 figure probably represents what the seller feels a potential buyer might risk on a home built telescope of this aperture. Could be the bargain of the year already!  

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Pity it is too far for me to drive! Oh, and there is an intervening sea

[Chris]

54 minutes ago, michael.h.f.wilkinson said:

 Oh, and there is an intervening sea

It might be pretty buoyant if the mirror uses 'float' glass.......I'll get my coat!

It's a 1000 mile round trip for me too, If I left my wife with the 3 kids for 2 days whilst I got it, she would make me sleep in the thing...outside! 

[John]

I think the seller is saying that the primary might need re-figuring but he is doing it in a subtle way. A DIY 16" F/3.2 mirror is a pretty tall order even for a relatively experienced mirror maker.

 

 

[Chris]

Just now, John said:

I think the seller is saying that the primary might need re-figuring but he is doing it in a subtle way. A DIY 16" F/3.2 mirror is a pretty tall order even for a relatively experienced mirror maker.

 

 

He must have been subtle, I guess the phrase "suitable for low power viewing" might have been it? Although "slight SA" actually sounds quite promising for a home made 16" f/3.2 mirror. I hate to think what it would be like if I tried to do a fast 16"