Telescope for the backyard

[nightsky]

G'Day,
Thought you'd would be interested in this scope :)
http://www.mistisoftware.com/astronomy/Equipment.htm
Cheers
Arthur
P.S. I'm off to buy 11 scratches ($25000) better make that 15 I forgot about the postage ;)

[rogerg]

It's secondary mirror is bigger than the primary mirror of my 12" LX. :rolleyes:

[DobDobDob]

The price seems right, but hiring a jumbo to transport it here could be a little costly :whistle:

[rmcpb]

Just off the phone from Aussie post and they say its too big for them to handle. Oh well, I'll just have to wait for another deal :)

[g__day]

Now if we had two, what excellent binoculars they would make!

[iceman]

Wow, only $275,000 and he throws in the mount! That's a serious mount.

What a great piece of gear.

[ving]

i'll take a dozen :P

[rogerg]

Gez, imagine how far apart your eyeballs would have to be spaced :)

[DobDobDob]

Would you need Council approval for that :P

[JohnH]

$150 bucks for each IIS member and it is ours! Of course we would have to arrange shipping to Lostock....but we have a few folks moving about just need some room in a container.

[iceman]

What a great idea John! :P

[GrahamL]

OTA About the same size and weight of a full 44 gallon drum:lol:

thats a big chunk of scope to hold up.

[leon]

Can you imagine 2500 members lining up for a squiz,

Cheers leon

[DobDobDob]

That would work out at about 3.5 hours per year per member, that is not as bad as it first sounds :whistle:

[rmcpb]

OK Ron, take into account cloudy nights, day light and moon driven nights.

Sounds like a hell of a blue coming up :)

[bluescope]

I don't think I would get my money's worth from here ! I've checked that site out before and wowed at the scope. Wouldn't it be nice to have that much spare cash lying around for a hobby.
:eyepop:

[Ingo]

I'm closest to it. You all can send me the money and I'll go pick it up and take pictures for you all :thumbsup:

:lol:

[Miaplacidus]

Does it come with an LPI? :confuse3:

[John K]

Just had a look at this guys photo collection.

Quite amazing in terms of the detail you get with a 32":

M1:
http://www.mistisoftware.com/astronomy/Nebulae_m1.htm

the Horsehead:
http://www.mistisoftware.com/astronomy/Nebulae_ic434.htm


M27
http://www.mistisoftware.com/astronomy/Nebulae_m27.htm


NGC4565
http://www.mistisoftware.com/astronomy/Galaxies_ngc4565.htm



However I must say that his planetary shots were really poor!!

[Miaplacidus]

I wonder what he is upgrading to.

[g__day]

Personally I'd reckon it would be perfect for a remote viewing platform for a club. Re-locate it to Chile, remote access it via secured IP, agree a run schedule for each night voted on by the club owners. Let each member get into ten major groups and then these groups get priority on the slewing for 36 days a year each (reserve 5 days for maintenance and upgrades). Share the pictures across groups. Divide up the image processing up across group members to see who can do the best after image processing.

It could be a great investment!

[DobDobDob]

I'm in, which bank account do you want me to drop the money into :whistle:

[KMachell]

Hey Guys,

Before you crack open the piggy banks, his price is probably US$.

The exchange rate is favourable but...

:eyepop:


I'd still be happy to chip in $20.00. What would that give me... 7 minutes & 32 seconds per year.

I'd hate to be fumbling around in the dark for the right eyepiece !