Leave some photons for us :-(

[erick]

Imagine if these three guys set up next to you on the observing field!
These aren't "light buckets" more like "light rainwater tanks"! :jawdrop:

http://www.cruxis.com/scope/scope1100.htm

http://www.cruxis.com/scope/scope1070.htm

http://wonderfuluniverse.com/telescope_main.htm

[Shano592]

Boy, one misstep off of one of those ladders would really ruin your night's viewing!

It's a long way doooooooooooooowwwn!

[cometcatcher]

With open tube designs, I wonder how they go with dew on the primary? Rain water tanks might be an accurate description. ;)

[Miaplacidus]

They're just compensating for something...:whistle:

[silv]

yup Brian :D
and:

"Must be the cloudy weather in Western Europe that gives amateur astronomers plenty of time to dream away..." (quoted from 2nd link to image)
that - and the light pollution screaming for more aperture :p

[mishku]

Gosh, Erick, isn't this precisely the sort of thing you normally bring to SV?? ;)

[g__day]

First OTA sold with an optional parachute!