Is this the ultimate " If I won the lottery " setup ?

[johninderby]

I've allways been impressed by the line of scopes produced by A&M Advanced Telescopes of Italy, and have owned one of their APO Carbon Tube refractors, but this 16" RC setup that I came across on an Italian website is so over the top that I couldn't resist posting it.

I'll never own something like this unless I win the lottery. Jealous, you'd better believe it !

John

A&M 16" RC400 Carbon Truss Ritchey Chretien with 105mm Carbon Tube APO for widefield imaging and 80mm Carbon Tube APO for guiding.

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[TheThing]

Um, no.

There is no where to put a cup of coffee!

Seriously, it's butt ugly, but oh so desirable! I'll probably order one on Thursday morning...

[Jeff RV]

Probably get a cup of coffee on here somewhere.

http://www.rcopticalsystems.com/24inchMil.html

if not try this. http://www.rcopticalsystems.com/32inch.html

Whoops sorry!! something strange happened with my links.

Jeff.

[johninderby]

It would look OK at night, in the dark. There is a sort of "I can't believe that anyone did this" fascination about it but admit it you'd still like to get your hands on it.

Wonder if they put this one together for an American customer?

John

[Jeff RV]

I'm not sure why the Explora Dome links appeared instead of RC optics?

Apologies.

Jeff.

[TheThing]

Yep, good coffee space there! Thanks