Is 40" enough?

[Daring Dave]

Plenty of 12-25" dobs getting around (Obsession etc) ...but occasionally you come across a behemoth ! . Like this one..

I wonder what the views are like.. Note the finder is 12.5" !

Dave

[ballaratdragons]

Ha! That's the finderscope for my 3 metre Dobbie! LOL

There is NO WAY I would trust that ladder!!!!!!!!

:rofl: :D

[h0ughy]

imagine the workout,
down to the finder scope, up to check it is in view, and when the wind comes up lookout! :D

[toetoe]

What a monster that is. I'm with you Ken about the ladder.

[gaa_ian]

Gee & I thought astronomy was a safe hobby, looks like Apeture fever can be bad for your health after all
What a view though, I can only imagime what Eta Carina, Omega centuri etc must look like through a scope like that !

[iceman]

I've seen that picture before, looks amazing.. and what an observing location!

Apparently those ladders with 1 leg at the back are much better (more stable) on uneven ground.

[cometcatcher]

A bit big for looking at the SUN isn't it? :P

Nice mountain views.

[rmcpb]

Now there is a candidate for a folded dob design to bring the eyepiece down to a reasonable level :)

[Astroman]

To me that is just showing off big time.

[Starkler]

A definite candidate for a Mel Bartel goto system. Imagine pushing and star hopping manually with that beast ! :eek:

[Striker]

Yes but will it fit in the hatchback.

Man thats huge.

[elusiver]

u'd need a portable escalator.. that things massive.. if it was goto.. what if u'r attention broke for a second while the scope was moving and it knocked u off u'r perch :P i now believe that there is such a thing as TOO big..

but.. it'd be cool to have for braggin rights :P

el :)

[dhumpie]

You will not be getting aperture envy for a very long long time. In fact you might contract the reverse of that disease with such a monstrous beast :)

Darren

[ving]

someone purchase one for me! :P

[Orion]

Some of you may have seen this one as well.

[asimov]

Hmmm...That's the same dob I posted in here somewhere a couple of weeks back, the one with the plastic rubbish bin over the secondary, lol