What scope..if you could

[Hans Tucker]

Is there a scope that you have always wanted to own .. or look through .. but cost and availability had precluded you. I can think of a few but currently, for what ever strange reason, I am fixed on a Takahashi MT-200. I have owned and looked through their refractors and Mewlon but their reflectors now have my attention. Yeah, I know no doubt someone will chime in with 'what difference would it be compared to the Mewlon' probably none. A while back I wanted a Epsilon E-200/210 or the ultra rare E-250.

[MortonH]

Hubble

[Atmos]

ASA 1000WF (https://www.astrosysteme.com/us/products/telescopes/asa-az1000wf)
I’d then need a FLI Kepler-6060 and an obscene amount of filters.

[N1]

My own, more often. Perfectly happy with what I've got, but too little time to enjoy its full potential.

[bojan]

Same here...

Enough time for this hobby is essential, even without any equipment.

[mental4astro]

Just came up for sale, a 20" APM Mak! :D

https://astromart.com/classifieds/astromart-classifieds/telescope-catadioptric/show/apm-maksutov-cassegrain-20-f85-for-sale

Need a mount and permanent installation, a bucket full of pencils & reams of paper...

Alex.

[sil]

My own if I could get stroke treatment to get half my body working again so I can use my gear ;p

[Hans Tucker]

Two things in the ad took my interested ..the FCT-150 and the APQ-150.

[Saturnine]

The Pic du Midi 1 metre Cassegrain would be interesting to look through.

[Saturnine]

yep, I'd be happy with the APQ 150/1200 as a guide scope.

[Rainmaker]

Tec 200 ed

[Slawomir]

Can I have two please? One 10" quality RC with matched camera and trouble free focuser/mount etc for astro imaging and also a nice 6" frac on a manual alt-az for visual appreciation of the skies, because I could set up such frac myself fairly quickly.

[LewisM]

Newton's Newt - the original one.

[Wavytone]

Hell yes - the APM 20” f/8.5 maksutov currently on Astromart... optics by Santel. Need to win Lotto first, though.

[bigjoe]

A big Santel.. Indeed ..
Or this..LZOS..APM.
http://apm-telescopes-englisch.shopgate.com/item/363132
Even has a folded version!
Bigjoe.

[Hans Tucker]

The replica Vixen offered quite a few years ago just wont cut it?

[LewisM]

No :lol:

[FlashDrive]

I want Wavy's Santel MK91 :D

Col....

[N1]

Good luck with that. It's probably being mounted as we speak :D

[FlashDrive]

Yeah ....Probably :rofl:

[Ukastronomer]

I actually have all the gear I need and want

I often look through magazines and think what would I like and can think of nothing

[RyanJones]

+1

[AndyG]

2nd'd. Every evening brings some issue or tragedy that precludes anything astro:

Clouds, neighbours' backyard lit like a stadium, full moon, kids fighting, "family time" demands, something broken that needs attention, work overtime.

Two months ago I finally paid off my dream kit - an everyday AZEQ6. I've taken it out once... :( Nope - time is my wish.

[xelasnave]

I will be happy with those I have really but I would like an eight inch RASA.. which I will get when I get the CUBE up here...three is more than enough and I am content with what they will produce...there is little point going bigger or better...my strength limits the size and my ability means I need not get stuff that I can not get their advantage...actually I would like a dragon fly set up but what a lot of work.
Alex

[FlashDrive]

How True ....!! +1

[Wavytone]

Nup... it’s raining here... movie night :rolleyes:

[bigjoe]

Ha..I already tried to buy it off him for CASH..NO CHANCE!

[Wavytone]

Be glad I’m not charging $10 a look...

[JeniSkunk]

Same here.
My limited skills, mean that a lot of the more advanced gear I read of members using, I'd not be able to use to anywhere near its full capability.
My mobility issues make moving larger scopes an impossibility.

For me, there's a scope kit, a tripod and mount, and 2 OTAs I'd love to have.
Scope kit is the SkyWatcher Virtuoso Mak Cass 90mm, specifically for its tracking tabletop Dobsonian mount. My existing 130mm collapsible Newt will work fine on it.
The stand alone tripod and mount is the SkyWatcher Mini AZGTi for its WiFi control and its 5Kg payload
The OTAs are a 127mm Mak Cass, and a 150mm f5 solid tube Newt. OTAs with reasonable capability, and a manageable physical size and weight.

[Bobbyoutback]

My humble choice is a Carl Zambuto 11'' mirror of F/7 .
Still be portable .
That would perform to many big top apro refractors visual .

https://zambutomirrors.com/mirrors.html

I want one please
Bobby

[N1]

A long f/ratio mirror is a fine instrument indeed