New TEC 200mm F8 Flourite triplet

[25585]

https://www.baader-planetarium.com/en/blog/new-edition-tec-apo-200-f8-fluorite-apochromat/

https://www.baader-planetarium.com/en/telescopes/tec/tec-apo-200-fluorite-apochromat.html

[25585]

You know you want one ?

[Stu]

Just now, 25585 said:

You know you want one ?

I know I would like to LOOK through one!

[paul mc c]

I know i still want to be married.........☺️do they take kidneys as part payment.

[johninderby]

Would require both kidneys plus an arm and a leg. A scope you would love to own if you could.

[John]

Fantasitic scope but it probably needs an observatory, and I don't have one

...... or £33,000 to spend on a scope:

http://astrograph.net/TEC-200-F8-Fluorite-APO-Refractor

Like Stu, I'd really like to look through one though

[johninderby]

The villa in Tenariffe with an observatory you mean.  ?

[johnturley]

Would be too big to mount piggyback on my fork mounted 14in f5 Newtonian

John

[dweller25]

Could the quality of our UK skies justify a £33K telescope purchase ????

[stuy]

7 minutes ago, dweller25 said:

Could the quality of our UK skies justify a £33K telescope purchase ????

I don’t think so !  But I want one ☝️ 

[John]

1 hour ago, dweller25 said:

Could the quality of our UK skies justify a £33K telescope purchase ????

The candle of desire burns brightly through the mists of common sense

[johninderby]

Bit like there’s no reason to buy a Ferrari when a Kia would get you to the shop and back just fine.  ?

[John]

29 minutes ago, johninderby said:

Bit like there’s no reason to buy a Ferrari when a Kia would get you to the shop and back just fine.  ?

Or, back to the astro world, why buy a £2.5K Takahashi when a £700 ED100 will do 95% (maybe more ?) of the job 

[25585]

Pursuit of perfection. Scope probably cheap compared to cost of mount, chiropractor etc.....

 

[Peter Drew]

For that sort of money you could get a C14, observatory and a s/h Ferrari.   ?

[GavStar]

A few months ago I had a discussion with a cloudynights member about TECs. He had had a TEC200 but sold it because he lost all will to move it around or take it out to share it with the public. He now has a TEC160FL...

Attached is a photo of the box the TEC200 arrived in...

 

[jetstream]

52 minutes ago, GavStar said:

Attached is a photo of the box

I'd end up in that box if my wife found out I bought one of these

[Stu]

13 minutes ago, jetstream said:

I'd end up in that box if my wife found out I bought one of these

That’s the trick Gerry, never let her find out!!  

[F15Rules]

3 hours ago, John said:

The candle of desire burns brightly through the mists of common sense

You''re waxing lyrical now, John!

PS: hope my humour doesn't get on your wick!??

Dave

[LukeSkywatcher]

1 hour ago, GavStar said:

A few months ago I had a discussion with a cloudynights member about TECs. He had had a TEC200 but sold it because he lost all will to move it around or take it out to share it with the public. He now has a TEC160FL...

Attached is a photo of the box the TEC200 arrived in...

 

Thats a coffin.

33k for an 8" refrac??????????

I know refracs are expensive the more aperture you buy.

I bet it gives killer views of the planets.

I agree. It would need an Obsy to house it. What mount...............i have no clue.

[dweller25]

5 hours ago, 25585 said:

https://www.baader-planetarium.com/en/blog/new-edition-tec-apo-200-f8-fluorite-apochromat/

https://www.baader-planetarium.com/en/telescopes/tec/tec-apo-200-fluorite-apochromat.html

This will outperform it for a fraction of the price and you get a mount too......?

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/dobsonians/skywatcher-skyliner-350p-flextube-dobsonian.html

[Stu]

13 minutes ago, dweller25 said:

This will outperform it for a fraction of the price and you get a mount too......?

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/dobsonians/skywatcher-skyliner-350p-flextube-dobsonian.html

Perhaps in some ways, but having looked through Gavstar’s 160, the views are pretty special.

[DaveS]

And the TEC does't have a lump of "stuff" getting in the way.

TBH I think I'd rather have a TEC 160, or even a 140 plus FF and a 12" RC for smaller targets, plus a DDM85 std. There'd be money left over for a 16200 cam and Astrodon 3nm filters.

[Stu]

17 minutes ago, DaveS said:

And the TEC does't have a lump of "stuff" getting in the way.

TBH I think I'd rather have a TEC 160, or even a 140 plus FF and a 12" RC for smaller targets, plus a DDM85 std. There'd be money left over for a 16200 cam and Astrodon 3nm filters.

Yeah, but where would you put your eye?  

[DaveS]

10 minutes ago, Stu said:

Yeah, but where would you put your eye?  

Watching the subs coming in on the laptop screen .