If you had £2k what scope would you get?

[burningbarricade]

Hey there everyone.

I'm still wet behind the ears learning to use my 6" reflector which I got only a month or so ago and although I'm amazed with how much I can see I'm already I'm fantasizing about what the view would be like throught an even better telescope.

Hence my above question. If you had £2k to blow, what would be your choice of telescope and why.

[barkis]

Well, I would love one of these.

William Optics FLT 110 APO Triplet. It's touchy feely, and the quality is unquestionable I would say.

Depends on what you want to do I suppose. It will be more than a scope you need if you are starting from scratch though.

Some money needs to be put aside for extras to enhance your observing.

Ron.

[JohnC]

it would have to be secondhand...but i yearn to own a Williams Optics FLT132.

Just superb.

[John]

For me it would be a Skywatcher Equinox ED120 on a William Optics Ez-Touch alt-az mount on a tall tripod. That would leave enough change for a Tele Vue Ethos as well 8)

Interesting that all the suggestions so far have been for scopes with less aperture than yours has ...... thats the lure of the large APO refractor

John

[Doc]

A TMB Signature Series 92mm f/5.5 APO and maybe if there's enough a filter like the Idas ones.

[jgs001]

I'd start with an HEQ6 and a pier and see what I had left afterwards...

[Astro_Baby]

Sky-Watcher 300 on the NEQ6 Pro plus a Televue Ethos and a few odds and ends - always assuming I had somewhere to store it.

[Bigwings]

If I had £2k........fat chance LOL.

Dream on

[adamsp123]

SW 120ED with an EQ6 goto mount = about £1800 very nice scope with a good mount.

Final decision depends on what you wish to observe, if DSOs only go for 16 inch Dob more all-round the refractor.

[barkis]

If I had £2k........fat chance LOL.

Dream on

:laughing3: :laughing3: You never know. One day Perhaps.

Ron.,

[Tiny]

Nothing at present. Have sold an FLT110 and a cheaper replacement Astro Tech is due from the US. So at the moment I am flush.

[Whippy]

I was offered an Intes Micro MN86 for a very nice price by a mate the other week which I had to turn down unfortunately . But if I had 2K, I would have had that and another EQ6 to mount it on. That would make me one happy bunny.

Tony..

[Bigwings]

Thanks for the optimism Barkis but I Glide, Dive and Im MARRIED. If you can amputate Kates credit card or hide the clothes shops it just might happen.

[Bigwings]

OK IF!!!! I had a spare £2k I would have a 16" Lightbridge but if we are into dreaming an Obsession 25 would be nice.

[vlebo]

I would get a Equinox 120 on a WO EZtouch mount and tripod for planets and nearby stuff and still have enough left for a Skywatcher Flextube 12" or a 10" and a couple of extra eyepieces for the deep sky goodies.

Just my humble opinion

[argonaut]

I would probably go for the WO FLT98 aluminium version with the 3.5 focuser. The mount would be the halfhitch alt/az.

That just might stretch the 2k though.

Glen.

[lulu57]

Wouldn't buy a scope.

Would go on a trip to Norway and see the Northern Lights.

Nature being all freaky-deaky and beautiful.

[steve51450]

1/2 an fsq106 with reducer would be nice, i can then set about working my backside off for the other half

[tinvek]

Wouldn't buy a scope.

Would go on a trip to Norway and see the Northern Lights.

Nature being all freaky-deaky and beautiful.

or china for the eclipse

[RobH]

If it was a scope only, and nothing else, I'd look around for a 12 inch Meade LX200 SCT secondhand.

You get pretty good optics, goto, & lots of light gathering power in one package, that you can use very nicely visually, and later use as the basis of a good all round imaging system. Add focal reducers fairly cheaply and you have a very versatile rig, both visually and photographically.

The lovely apos mentioned, if you're using your eyes, are simply of too small an aperture to see very much through unfortunately, apart from bright stuff like the moon etc.

Cheers

Rob