14" Giant APO Triplet Refractor...

[AstroJason]

And no, I am not building or purchasing it :( Just thought I would share this!

More can be found on this Facebook page about the scope and the build here. (https://www.facebook.com/pages/JTW-Astronomy/174295462626033?fref=nf)

For those without Facebook I have attached some photos.

I am sure most would die for one of its "view finders"!

[LewisM]

We been here :)

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=135592

[AstroJason]

Oh right, right, right

Over US$300,000? Cheap as chips

[Camelopardalis]

Can anybody say "grab and go" :lol:

[g__day]

So if you could look through it at one target - what would it be? I would probably be boring and go for Saturn or Jupiter!

[AG Hybrid]

Imagine the mount required for it.

[Ric]

An awesome piece of kit for sure.

[Atmos]

I'd probably along the lines of Whirlpool Galaxy or the Antennae pair myself.

[Joshua Bunn]

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[AG Hybrid]

As there is no banana for scale I assume that the mount you linked is enormous and has nearly a quarter tonne capacity?

[Hans Tucker]

It is the ASA flagship DDM160 Direct Drive Mount with a capacity of 300kg

[tlgerdes]

I think I actually know of one. See attached picture. It stands about 9 foot high. Sitting on the Astro imaging field at ASNSW Wiruna.

[AG Hybrid]

Oh yeah I remember that mount. Think I saw a big scope on it during SPSP 2014?

[AG Hybrid]

Compared to the price of that 14" fractor that ASA mount is cheap.

[Hans Tucker]

I wonder why two smaller scopes mounted on top? I can understand one dedicated as a guide scope.

[AstroJason]

Apparently one is a guide scope while the other is a Solar Scope.

[David Niven]

Came across this high school in Malaysia that has an 8" TMB apo refractor!

https://www.facebook.com/ACoHEHS/photos_stream?ref=page_internal