All The Telescopes You Want?

[dannybgoode]

44 minutes ago, Space Hopper said:

That seems a lot ??

Mine is closer to 7kg  if i remember correctly.

Mine is the early Thomas Back CNC one and they weigh a fair bit more than later ones, mainly due to a focuser that would survive a nuclear blast.

[Ags]

If I won the lottery, my mansion on La Palma would feature a brick observatory hosting a 230mm CFF apo.

[Sunshine]

34 minutes ago, dannybgoode said:

Mine is the early Thomas Back CNC one and they weigh a fair bit more than later ones, mainly due to a focuser that would survive a nuclear blast.

It looks like it was designed to handle a rocket propelled grenade round.

[JeremyS]

You nearly sneaked that one past me 🤣

[Gonariu]

On 16/12/2021 at 22:44, John said:

Il capolavoro di Tim Wetherell è uno dei miei telescopi preferiti in assoluto!

Questo è ancora più poco pratico e improbabile per me, ma lo ammiro ancora - uno degli acromatici di John Pon, questo è uno Zeiss 10 pollici F/15:

 

Seeing the photograph of this achromatic refractor I was amazed, beautiful is an understatement !!! I read some time ago about the fantastic view of the moon with a 150/2250 achromat, with this 10 ”f / 15 refractor I don't dare think about what you can see with excellent seeing!

[Paz]

The only scope I would want to own that I don't already is probably a 4" Takahashi one day.My 14" dobsonian is my dream scope and I've seen nothing since I got that which I would want to swap that for. I would not want to go bigger unless I lived somewhere where I could leave the scope set up and ready to go all the time. I still feel lucky and appreciate it when I set that scope up.

[faulksy]

On 24/12/2021 at 18:13, Paz said:

The only scope I would want to own that I don't already is probably a 4" Takahashi one day.My 14" dobsonian is my dream scope and I've seen nothing since I got that which I would want to swap that for. I would not want to go bigger unless I lived somewhere where I could leave the scope set up and ready to go all the time. I still feel lucky and appreciate it when I set that scope up.

it is a great scope chris 😁

[Paz]

18 hours ago, faulksy said:

it is a great scope chris 😁

Indeed it is! 🙂