50" Orion Monster Dobsonians!

[ManOnTheMoon]

holy crap this thing is huge and costs $123000 but I will get one if I win the lotto:)
http://www.telescope.com/control/product/~category_id=monsterdobs/~pcategory=dobsonians/~product_id=09162

[erick]

The Cloudy Nights thread on this is worth a read, Matt:-

http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/3530854/page/0/view/collapsed/sb/9/o/all/fpart/1

[Waxing_Gibbous]

Its bigger than my living room!

[Steffen]

Lol. I wonder whether it's safe to look at the Moon…

Cheers
Steffen.

[el_draco]

I pointed a 29" I used to own at Sirius and it was like looking at a Welder arc. Took 20 minutes for the after image to fade. 50".... kill ya:eyepop:

[bmitchell82]

ring ring ring ring....

yes i would like to hire a 10 ton Franna and a single trailer semi for the weekend, to drive out to the middle of no where....

"what you upto this weekend bob?"
just going to a deep sky night, do you think theyll mind if i bring the franna and semi out onto the field.?

nah shell be right as rain mate!

[renormalised]

That's why you'd need a MOAMF (Mother Of All Moon Filters) :)

With a 50", I'd be more worried about falling down the truss into the mirror box, never to be seen again!!! :):P