New Astro-Physics Telescope unboxing

[GavStar]

I've had an exciting delivery today from Italy 

[GavStar]

Don't think it's triple boxed ala Takahashi 

 

 

[GavStar]

Nice and compact carry case

 

[GavStar]

Pleased to see the scope looks fine

[GavStar]

Short but chunky!

[Stu]

Luvverly!

[GavStar]

Coatings look good

[Davey-T]

Wot no tube rings ? 

A thing of beauty but I wish you lived a bit further away as that's put the mockers on the weather,

Dave

[Pondus]

So these telescopes do really exist....

Just lovely, congrats !

 

Rune

[GavStar]

9 minutes ago, Davey-T said:

Wot no tube rings ? 

A thing of beauty but I wish you lived a bit further away as that's put the mockers on the weather,

Dave

Tube rings on now. A lot more compact than the 'other' scope...

 

[GavStar]

25 minutes ago, Davey-T said:

Wot no tube rings ? 

A thing of beauty but I wish you lived a bit further away as that's put the mockers on the weather,

Dave

Sorry Dave, very cloudy here!

 

[jetstream]

Awesome scope(s)!!

I'm very interested in the first light report and also the comparison between the AP and TEC.

[Piero]

That's beautiful! Looking forward to reading your first report!

[Stu]

Wow, that's an amazing pair of scopes Gavin! Looking forward to your first light report  

[John]

You are building up a really top class fleet of refractors Gavin - superb

An AP was on my short list when I was looking last year but the LZOS 130 came up 1st and was close to home.

 

 

[Mark at Beaufort]

Gavin what a fabulous looking scope (and the 140 TEC). I look forward to your first light review and the comparison to the TEC.

Just recently there has been some fantastic Fracs ordered on SGL - makes me feel so jealous.

[Telescope40]

 

 

John 

10 hours ago, Gavster said:

ube rings on now. A lot more compact than the 'other' scope...

 

Hello. If the the 140 isn't compact, I'm happy to take it off your hands. I'll cover petrol costs for personal pick up.  Lovely scopes 

Look forward to your report.   John 

[John]

10 minutes ago, Mark at Beaufort said:

...Just recently there has been some fantastic Fracs ordered on SGL - makes me feel so jealous.

"Rarely have so many £'s been spent on so little aperture"

(I'm just as bad though ..... )

[Paul73]

Congratulations Gavster. Wonderful kit.

You are obviously as patient as you were rich! I've read about the waiting time for those bueties.

Looking forward to the first light.

Paul

[swag72]

How long did you have to wait for this @Gavster? Super looking scopes, the pair of them

[GavStar]

36 minutes ago, Paul73 said:

Congratulations Gavster. Wonderful kit.

You are obviously as patient as you were rich! I've read about the waiting time for those bueties.

Looking forward to the first light.

Paul

Were rich - indeed! ?

[GavStar]

18 minutes ago, swag72 said:

How long did you have to wait for this @Gavster? Super looking scopes, the pair of them

5 days from ordering to receiving it - not much patience required! I even got a discount. There's no AP dealers in the UK but in Europe there are a few and they seem to get a decent allocation of scopes. Very different to the US.

[Highburymark]

1 hour ago, John said:

"Rarely have so many £'s been spent on so little aperture"

(I'm just as bad though ..... )

Who needs aperture when you have perfect optics John? ????

Another beautiful frac for the stable Gavster

[Highburymark]

13 hours ago, Gavster said:

Nice and compact carry case

 

Not much point starting a "Show us your scope case" thread? I think we have a winner.

[John]

2 hours ago, Highburymark said:

Who needs aperture when you have perfect optics John? ????

 

I'm a fan of both Mark

140mm and 130mm are very decent apertures for fracs though