Whats your dream telescope

[Gary170782]

Just for fun while I'm killing a spare hour or so in work I'm wondering what everyone's dream scope would be, money no object (hubble etc not inc) ?. If you could put a link in so I can have a noisy at them also then that would be great.?

 

 

Edited January 18, 2017 by Gary170782

[paul mc c]

One of them scopes that can see through all this cloud.....i think i have mine,i have always wanted a 12" sct,but i know there are some exceptional scopes out there that i cant even dream about.

[Timebandit]

 

 

My dream telescope would be a Big Dob with a 20" aperture and 1/10 mirror?

Therefore it would have to be the "Orion Optics UK VX 20"  just great light gathering ability and superb 1/10 mirror. Also can be portable as truss design.

Have a look on the Orion Optics web site , just lovely☺

[niallk]

I wouldn't say no to one of these, though a 32" Webster would be just fine too

http://www.jpastrocraft.com/twentyfive.htm

[JRM]

20" F 5 ish truss tube of course, just have to mosey up and get er done eh lol.

 

Rick M

[laser_jock99]

Maybe this bad boy.....

http://www.astrosysteme.com/shop/asa-az800-ritchey-chretien-2/

To be honest I would also settle for the more modest 12" F3.6

http://www.astrosysteme.com/shop/asa-astrograph-12-n-2/

[Stu]

Takahashi FS128

http://scopeviews.co.uk/TakFS128.htm

AP Traveller

http://www.scopereviews.com/aptak.html#2

Something like a 350mm f4.5 suitcase truss dob that will go as hand luggage somewhere South and really dark!

I do count my current Tak FC-100DC as something of a dream scope too, fortunately  

[Gary170782]

I posted this in the wrong section. Anyone know how I can move it? ?

[Stu]

1 minute ago, Gary170782 said:

I posted this in the wrong section. Anyone know how I can move it? ?

I already moved it to the AstroLounge Gary . The wanted section is just for wanted adverts.

[Gary170782]

56 minutes ago, paul mc c said:

One of them scopes that can see through all this cloud.....i think i have mine,i have always wanted a 12" sct,but i know there are some exceptional scopes out there that i cant even dream about.

Stunning . If you find a nice way of seeing the sky with all these clouds then you could probably buy a hubble ?

[mikeDnight]

That's easy to answer:

A 12" (300mm Takahashi Fluorite Triplet!)

Of course I'd want a large Ash dome to house my Super Superlative Apo in, nicely situated in the grounds of my large country house.

Mike 

Edited January 18, 2017 by mikeDnight

[Alien 13]

Not exactly a scope but good for AP http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-canon-ef-500mm-f4-l-is-ii-usm-lens/p1523949

Alan

[Carl M]

Mine would be a Takahashi FSQ-85ED "Baby Q", seen some really good images taken with it and heard good things about it. Would also complement my other 2 scopes so I have options for wider fields of view and longer focal length with SCT. Most of all, I think at some point it will be achievable of getting one!

[Gary170782]

58 minutes ago, niallk said:

I wouldn't say no to one of these, though a 32" Webster would be just fine too

http://www.jpastrocraft.com/twentyfive.htm

 Imagine the views from that monster. Amazing

[Pete Presland]

A C16 will do me nicely, on a suitable mount obviously 

[iPeace]

I dreamt of a TV85. Then I got one.

I dreamt of a 120ED. Then I got one.

I've stopped dreaming. It might otherwise get me into serious trouble.

[bish]

25" Obsession set up in an observatory with no light pollution.

[Putaendo Patrick]

One of the surviving telescopes made by Sir William Herschel would be fine for me.

I think this particular example was used by Caroline Herschel in Germany after her brother's death, and may (I'm not sure) have been the telescope which William used to identify Uranus in 1781 - but several other examples have been preserved.

William Herschel made some of the best telescopes of his day, which by all accounts could see more detail than others made by his contemporaries. This in turn meant he had to make telescopes for other astronomers so they could collaborate his findings - a somewhat more generous attitude than Galileo who saw other astronomers as rivals and tried to keep his telescopes out of their hands!

[John]

13 hours ago, mikeDnight said:

That's easy to answer:

A 12" (300mm Takahashi Fluorite Triplet!)

Of course I'd want a large Ash dome to house my Super Superlative Apo in, nicely situated in the grounds of my large country house.

Mike 

Could you order 2 please Mike ?

 

[estwing]

The answer is any scope....under dark skies.

[Moonshane]

I think it's a hard question to answer really. Along the lines of Mike's suggestion above, if a large country house and observatory can be thrown in along with a circular height adjustable platform, then a 36" (or what the heck a 48" dob as fast as possible would be great. Obviously with a 20" finder scope for wide field.

As it happens without the above, I feel my ideal scope is already in my grasp - in a manner of speaking. I have a mix of scopes which serves all my needs, ranging from 102mm-400mm, although I would like to convert my 16" to a truss system.

[Peter Drew]

All the telescopes that I realistictly ever dreamed about owning I now have. These nights I just dream about the chance to use them! 

[LukeSkywatcher]

Any one of these: Or an Obsession of similar aperture.

http://www.sumerianoptics.com/products/alkaid/

Edited January 19, 2017 by LukeSkywatcher

[swamp thing]

15 hours ago, Alien 13 said:

Not exactly a scope but good for AP http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-canon-ef-500mm-f4-l-is-ii-usm-lens/p1523949

Alan

Seeing as I'm a Nikon guy ......... We do seem to be thinking along similar lines though     

 

[mikeDnight]

2 hours ago, John said:

Could you order 2 please Mike ?

 

Most certainly John! You should be careful what you wish for though, as I really would do it, and how would you explain it away when a 12" Tak turns up on your doorstep, including mount and observatory? "Honestly love, a nice chap on SGL bought it for me!" "Ouch!" Really, Ouch!" "I'm telling the truth this time!" Ouch!".... SLAM! 

I'll just have to wait a while for my better half to win big on the lottery and I'll order us both one.  It shouldnt take her long once she sets her mind to it! Would you like a carrying handle on your's?

Mike 

 

Edited January 19, 2017 by mikeDnight