My Dream Scope/Bino..Whats yours?

[bigjoe]

THIS IS MY DREAM . APM
LZOS ..30cm Super BINO..
www.professional-telescopes.net/Product-Line/Apochromates/LZOS-30cm-Super-Bino
A Matthias Wirth (Cologne) special ..cost ..dont ask!!
.HA!!
bigjoe.

[skysurfer]

Well, for me a no-no. Too heavy and bulky.
I'd rather have a decent transportable 30cm Dobson.

[Atmos]

For AP I’d go and talk to ASA about making a 3m F/2 astrograph. I believe they made a 1.2m F/2 a few years back so it’s just a simple matter of upscaling :lol:

For visual, I’ve got a 4” and 10” with is perfect for me in Melbourne but maybe a SDM fair the dark site.

[SkyWatch]

Yeah, like the Rolls Royce salesman said, "if you have to ask, you can't afford it"!

[jenchris]

Tak 150 and a mount to match.

[bigjoe]

Thought everyone would go
for larger if had lotto win or will winfall etc. Jenn.. like 185 CFFor Yuri's Monster ETC ..BUT EVERYONES DESIRES ARE DIFFERENT I guess ...someone will want at least an 28 "SDM etc.
bigjoe.

[bigjoe]

Love looking at their gear too Col ..Philipp Keller..brilliant! and that DDM 160 MOUNT ..Love it!
bigjoe

[casstony]

I think I already have my dream scopes, just need dream skies.

I've just repurchased a C11 Edge after reducing light pollution via a shield on my nearest LED street lamp. Then my new neighbours cleared a bunch of trees exposing a populated hillside, but I still had the best backyard views ever of the Tarantula and surrounding nebulosity. I can see more without filters now.

I'm on my second TSA120 which pairs very nicely with a Binotron. There probably should be a rule that if a scope is bought twice it shouldn't be sold again :) (unless finances get stressed)

My NP101is is great for imaging and grab-and-go visual.

Then there's the Edge 8" which will only be used on a trip given my other scopes. Should I sell it?

I feel greedy already owning that lot :) Took a long time to accumulate though.

[bigjoe]

Great scopes for sure Tony.and all achievable through hard work...I was thinking more along the lines of a lotto win, inheritance and just going for what you desire eg ASA, Lomo,LZOS ,APM optics AND mounts, domes..assuming good skies...maybe a move needed..and then selecting that HUGE scope most of us have dreamed about.
VIZ scopes worth much more than a years wages.
Over $80000 ...and more like $250000 +.an average Sydney house well over 1mill so not impossible with an inheritance.
bigjoe

[Tropo-Bob]

After having the pleasure of using the 9" inch Oddie at Mt Strombo on a memorable evening many years ago, I always thought it would be nice to have a quality, 9inch refractor with more modern glass.

I found something suitable ...

http://cfftelescopes.eu/refractor-230mm-f7/

[bigjoe]

NOW THATS WHAT IM TALKIN ABOUT..this and larger.
So many would spend an inheritance of 500000 on a ferrari etc to be worth nothing much in 10...20 plus yrs.
This is our passion ..that so many dont understand ..and this scope is still under a yrs average wages.
bigjoe.

[bigjoe]

Good everymans (persons) scope..but if you had inheritance..what then .
bigjoe

[that_guy]

for me, the equipment doesnt matter if you dont have the sky and weather to match. my ideal scope is my scope but with a cloud filter.

[casstony]

Dream imaging scope, and you only need second division to afford it: https://www.officinastellare.com/professional-telescopes-prod/rhveloce/RH_Veloce_200_Mark_II_AT.html
It's also only 9kg.

Dream visual would be a big dob with premium mirror, along with a dark observing site.

[Atmos]

OS have also released a 0.8x reducer for it to bring it down to F/2.4 :lol:

[bigjoe]

Officinastellare.com and Massimo Riccardi; an 8inch wonder say no more.
bigjoe.

[bigjoe]

The price is nothing apparently compared to this expensive amateur setup Officina Stellare - RIFAst 800 f/3.8 Ceramic Glass Full-Carbon Optical Tube thats from Telescope .net at Woodland Hills.

$205,999.99

.As I said a dream ..but an inheritance or lotta win etc
Makes Tec and Tak, AP look cheap for what you get.
bigjoe

[bigjoe]

True but assuming youll have good skies a fair amount of the time and you HAD THE MONEY ..then why not get what you have always desired..that 8inch plus Apochromat or 1m RC, CDK,Cassegrain! Mount and Cameras.
bigjoe

[FlashDrive]

Dream Scope Nirvana for me .... might be an Istar 8" inch Bino Refractor for Wide Field use only .... forget planets ... DSO / Clusters / etc ... panning the Milky Way.

I can only imagine how this would go at a ' Dark Site ' :eyepop:

2 of these joined at the ' hip '

Col.....:D

[bigjoe]

Could imagine Col...I pan the miky way with a good 6inch doublet ,BV and some19mm Pans ..up at my property in Casrelreagh... . heavenI .
Will get big Apo for doubles and planets as a separate. scope..
bigjoe.

[FlashDrive]

Awesome ....:thumbsup:

[bigjoe]

Looking forward to hearing of some of your observations in the near future then Col.You will hear of some from myself as well.
Cheers bigjoe

[Wavytone]

Bob like you I have many happy memories of using the Oddie, though IMHO I now have something better - and it’s portable :)

[bigjoe]

Wavy..
Your Santel Maksutov of over 9 inches is going to be a hard act to follow...in that under 10 category of a dream scope..
I dont see how even a great 6" triplet could touch it visually ..very high strehls indeed!!

bigjoe.