How big is your largest telescope?

[glenc]

What is the aperture of your largest scope?
Round the answer to the nearest inch.

[casstony]

C11, aperture limited by portability concerns. If I had a lined garage which I could wheel a scope out from I'd get a ~14" scope.

[bmitchell82]

Just my beloved 254 newt :)

[jjjnettie]

The biggest I've owned was a 10" but only have an 8" now.
I should really get out there and use it more often.

[Omaroo]

Why do you go up in 1 inch increments above 6", when most refractors are smaller than this and cover a plethora of sizes? :shrug:

[pgc hunter]

12". Biggest I'm willing to carry in and out the door and down the steps.

[ausastronomer]

Hi all,

My largest that I have in my possession is an 18" Obsession, I also have 14" and 10" scopes.

As a 3RF Australia Volunteer I also have access to 20", 25" and 30" scopes. But to be honest my preference is for people younger and larger than me to transport and set those up, as they are physically quite demanding and every year they just keep getting heavier :)

Cheers,
John B

[icytailmark]

C14 here and its bloody hard setting up by myself

[Terry B]

I have an 8" scope but will eventually get a 11 or 12".
I'm finding that I am restricted for photometry and spectroscopy with the 8".

[Stu Ward]

Foot long !!!!!!

12"

[peterl]

Have a 20 inch Obsession in a two story roll off roof observatory.
Mark Suchting Mirror F5.0
Made the Scope from David Kriege's Book.
Aluminium Bearings from him.
On equatorial platform.Electronics Tom Ozypowski.
Love it!!!!!!!! :)

[FlashDrive]

Light Bridge 10" .... not to heavy ... easy on the eye :P .... just right :thumbsup:

Flash :D

[glenc]

Sorry Chris. I should have started smaller.

[Omaroo]

:) I'd dearly love to have a 6" APO! LOL

Well, 4" (3.56) and 2" (2.36) refractors plus an 8" Mewlon. I guess that's my largest :)

[Osirisra]

Scopes are never big enough :p

[Saturnine]

My largest is an 8" f6 dob / newt atm with an 12.5" f6 newt under ( slow) construction and a 10" f5 mirror in need of a recoat & tube.

Jeff

[ballaratdragons]

I agree Chris.

Maybe refractor owners aren't allowed to vote :lol:
Maybe only Reflectors and SCT's need apply :shrug: hey Glen :poke:

Oh, and my vote is for my 12" dob :thumbsup:

[erick]

Real scopes have big mirrors! :thumbsup:






Eric ducks for cover :help:

[brian nordstrom]

;) Except the finely polished and figured Zeiss Refractor Lenses ? ;)
Last night was one of the best . Jupiter was awsome at 166x .:hi:
cool .
Brian

[glenc]

It looks like 8", 10" and 12" telscopes are equally popular so far.

[wavelandscott]

Biggest is 15 inch but I also have 12.5 inch, 8 inch (all newtonian reflecting scopes) and a 5 inch refractor

[Poita]

I'll swap you for my 10" then ;)

[spacezebra]

20"

Cheers Petra d.

[Kevnool]

sixteeeeeeeen inchs of pure unadulterated mirror.

Cheers Kev.

[astroron]

16" Dob,8"SCT 2.4" Refractor.:D
Cheers :thumbsup:

[erick]

12" reflector on dobsonian mount.
8" SCT.
4" short tube refractor.
2 x 8" reflectors
a few 2" Galileoscope refractors

[Barrykgerdes]

If you don't think your favourite toy is large enough. I can forward you the contents of my junk mail box:lol::lol::lol::lol:

Barry

[Saturn%5]

Only a $30 6" Newt :P

[Lester]

Had a Meade DS 16", and now Meade LX200 14" OTA.

[MLyons]

My Meade 16"LX200GPS is my biggest at the moment. It takes me about 30 minutes to set up on my own.

[Tandum]

Did you mean the biggest scope ever owned or the biggest currently owned?

I had a 12" dob for a while but I'm back to an 8" RC now.

[Irish stargazer]

12" lightbridge on order
Far too much gear.

[glenc]

The aperture of the biggest telescope currently owned.
The 12" is ahead in the poll at this stage with 24 votes out of 100.

[Rick Petrie]

14" Orion truss dob. Just enough to handle comfortably.

[jamespierce]

Wow this poll makes me feel very privileged to own our 16" Dob.

[Rob_K]

Three scopes - 80mm (3+") achro refractor, 114mm (4.5") reflector and a whopping big 127mm (5") achro refractor. The latter is far too big to use of course. :rolleyes: ;)

Cheers -

[The_bluester]

9.25 Celestron SCT here. A nice balance between big (Would love bigger) and portable. I can break it down, carry it out, set it up and have it cooling off outside in about five minutes. About as heavy as I would want to carry too.

[Rodstar]

My wife refers to my 20" SDM as a "phallus-scope".

It is very wide and very long, and takes your breath away went pointing up, collecting excited photons.

The views through the Mary Rose are out of this world. It is so much fun to play with in the dark.

[CoolhandJo]

Very nice Rod

[ausastronomer]

Hi Rod,

I hope the "phallus scope" comes out a bit more regularly than Comet McNaughty returns for a loop around the sun ;)

Cheers,
John B

[spacezebra]

I agree, I love my SDM - 20" and stunning views.



Cheers Petra d.

[Gem]

9.25" SCT now... 10" Orion dob in the past. Am I in slow decline?? :)

[CoolhandJo]

10" sct previous. Now 8" newt. But imaging more with my ed80 these days!:rofl:

[Rodstar]

It does indeed John, and the zipper on the shroud works fantastically, enabling me to expose the mirror.

The scope also has excellent lubrication, swinging with fluid motion.

[glenc]

The 12" is still out in front (23.7%) with 10s and 8s almost equal second (20.3% vs 19.6%). There are a fair few 14s (12.2%) and 16s (10.8%) too.

[DavidLJ]

12" SCT. Much too heavy to lug around so is permanently mounted in fibreglass dome. Takes less than 3 minutes from opening dome door to start collecting photons.

[eskimo]

8" sct (SE8)
still learning how to use it
:astron: one day

[StarHawk]

16" Lightbridge here, great scope. :)

[ColHut]

Gee, are there really only 176 active viewers left on iceinspace :)

[Damian Couzoff]

Celestron CPC 1100 Schmidt Cassegrain-11 inch/F10,very happy with it.:hi:

[Groboz]

16 inch GSO truss tube Dob. :)

[Shark Bait]

12" Flex Tube GoTo Sky Watcher Dobsonian. Great views through the eyepiece with accurate goto and tracking when carefully aligned.

[glenc]

The numbers are 47(12"), 41(8"), 39(10") 20(16") and 19(14") now.

[overlord]

Well I don't really think your 2.4" qualifies as your largest telescope. But I quite understand that you couldn't resist. :rofl:

[glenc]

Looks like 12"/13" and 8"/9" scopes are the most common with 10"/11" coming third.