If only.......

[russ]

I had £3500 and an observatory, then i would buy this:

U.K. Astronomy Buy & Sell

Looked through one once, best planetary scope i've ever used. Didn't win the lottery last night either...darn it!!!!

[Doc]

Me too Russ

[shaunster]

My dream scope wouldnt be a newtonian style on an EQ mount though!

i suppose if your spending 3.5k a nice set of rotating rings would be in order

[russ]

Rotating rings would finish it off nicely. Whats another few hundred quid when you've already spent £3.5K.

[neil phillips]

I know what you mean Russ i was a fan of maksutov cassegrains ( different design i know ) i had two meade f15 7" maks nice scopes, that is untill i I started using high end Orion optics mirrors, my 10 " 1/10th wave absolutely killed my f15 7" mak at half its price.

I would easily put a challenge with my 10" orion newt against that mak newtonian Russ, i reckon my 10" would win, dont need to spend as much as one would think for good planetary scopes.

A C 9.25 or C11, tried selling my 1/12 th pv SPX 300 orion for 1300 quid on here, but no takers, that would also eat that scope alive i reckon, might get another season with the 12" on jupiter, as i still havent put it up anywhere else, cant be bothered most of the time, even though i need the dosh. I thought a lot about planetary scopes, the orion 1/10th pv Europa can not be beaten on price or performance i dont think, skywatcher newts maybe ? but i would still rather a 1/ 10 th pv orion mirror, more chance of it being a diamond he he than a black diamond