Hi Shaun , you are really going whole hog , aint ya ? '
I have friends with both the Bintel 16 inch lightbridge and GSO 16 inch truss tube from Andrews Communinations .
Optically they are both AWSOME!!! , you cant beat aperture , but they are both BIG!!! , and I mean BIG , huge scopes , but well designed and quite user friendly if you are strong and good with your hands .
They take about 20-30 minitues to set up on the field and its on the dark field that these big boys perform , very well
. (motling detail on NGC 253 was easily seen from the suburbs of Perth saturday night in the LB 16 inch and 17mm Delos , nice )
Ok , so now the LB from Bintel is $2200 with one 26mm eyepiece (2 inch)
and the GSO from Andrews is $1999 with 5 eyepieces , 35mm ( 2 inch ) 25 , 15 , 9 and 6mm ( 1 1/4 inch ).
Your choice Shaun , both are very good , but be prepaired to fine tune both to suit your tastes , its mandatory (and lots of fun) with these , others will pipe in here and I am sure the advice will be good , as always
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Good luck , either way you wont be dissapointed .
Brian.