[ausastronomer (John Bambury)]

Here is our arsenal of telescopes we supply at Ozsky every year. Every scope bar one (my 14"/F4.5) requires a ladder. Some larger than others.

The largest scope on the field is a 30"/F4.6 SDM which has an eyepiece height of just over 12 feet at the zenith.

This is what the American visitors want, they spend a lot of money to come here and observe the wonders of the Southern Sky. They are all very experienced observers. They don't come to observe through 4" refractors (nice finderscopes), they come here to observe through large aperture high quality dobsonians from 14" to 30" in aperture.

Cheers
John B