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Old 05-02-2014, 08:19 PM
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Can't we heckle VTI into getting a few and save the shipping?

I'm sure it's not a coincidence that their coma corrector arrived on the scene recently
To be honest. VTI dont even sell half of ES's products. Scopes, mounts or eyepieces.
E.g. I would like a 40mm ES 68. I don't believe they ever stocked them. Or the 25mm 100 you have. I'm not holding my breath that they will bring a 12" dob either.

I wouldn't mind being proven wrong though.
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Especially given no hints of other options
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Adrian got to see THE PROJECT last night
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Old 08-02-2014, 10:09 AM
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All will be revealed at the IIS Astro Camp this April
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Old 08-02-2014, 05:34 PM
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Adrian got to see THE PROJECT last night
Nuttin like kicking a guy when he's down
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All will be revealed at the IIS Astro Camp this April
What about us poor sods that can't get to the IIS camp?

How 'bout a little private sneak preview for us?
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No, I had a really good demonstration. It's really something unique. Alex put serious thought into this scope design. I am quite confident you will not find a production telescope quite like this one anywhere on earth.

Some really clever innovations.

I'll be buying one at the end of the year.
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Old 08-02-2014, 10:18 PM
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20" with 30 kg and no ladder required

Hi All,

As we all are waiting for the moment to see the design here an overseas design which is quite interesting when looking at the design details, the text is in German but the images show a lot of clever design detail like no base board.
http://www.deepsky-visuell.de/ATM/20/Bau20.htm
I know the owner of it and it is extremely compact and with 30 kg altogether quite good for a 20" and no ladder required!
The 28" on the website is only 50 kg including tracking platform.
Cheers

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Just watched http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNpNmVsUzM4

For the first time since I've been here, I've felt envious of them up there looks a nice scope. Only the 12" is shown, but a 16" is talked about too...

At least we can take solace they won't be able to use it with the weather they've been having this winter
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I'm starting to get interested now. That's a design that addresses most of my reservations about mass produced dobs.
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Ohhh like the GEM….loks real nice. I could go a biggish dob too….Alex have you got any prices???? A nice 18" would do
Adrian the 40mm ES 68º is so good I sold all my 100º things. Thanks to Astro bot for selling it to me
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Adrian the 40mm ES 68º is so good I sold all my 100º things. Thanks to Astro bot for selling it to me
No worries, thanks for buying it.

It's a great eyepiece and was the best of my four 40mm eyepieces (that I had at one time). But it was too big for my eyepiece case and I kept forgetting to take it with me, plus it was the only eyepiece that needed additional counterbalancing. There was no point in keeping it if I never used it ...
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More news. They have a 10" and 16" as well.

Linky Linky

They look good.
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Yeah. Video already posted.

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Also a video review!
More linky
Isn't that the same one I posted above?
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Hopefully the ES Dobs will force Synta and GSO to make decent lower ends for their scopes. The chipboard and circular ground boards are just lazy design.
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Isn't that the same one I posted above?
Yeah but no one reads your posts... burnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.






Yeah I missed it. I'll change the link to kittens and puppies instead.
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Just to add some info - I made an enquiry recently re the 10" ES truss dob (my solid tube is great, but too great for travel in small car with other people etc.). They deliver to OZ and NZ, arrives on a pallet, delivery cost is 75 Euros for NZ and probably similar to Australia.

Ordering from, say, Germany, deduct 19% GST from prices shown here.

http://www.explorescientific.co.uk/e...356.1425003156

Not that bad a deal it would seem, especially the 10", which might just scrape in below the $A1000 customs threshold.
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