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Old 19-06-2014, 10:43 AM
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For me, a Carbon Fibre 10inch F4 From GSO/Skywatcher at Andrews.
I believe its $999.

the 12inchF4 Steel at $899 sounds really good and comes with a 3inch focuser, but the flexure in the OTA, total weight and need to reinforce the focuser area make it a questionable buy.

The CF on the other hand has obvious benefits, 10inch is ample aperture for imaging, speed of the F4 has to be seen to be believed, and the overall weight of the OTA is very reasonable.

The GSO mirrors hold up well and whilst not Royce quality, more than adequate for some really good images.
Just look up astrobin and filter down by this OTA.


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Alistair
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