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Old 16-01-2018, 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by alocky View Post
something tells me that a ‘professional’ observatory with a 10” sct ain’t going to make a lot of money. With a bit of luck you can buy it back cheaply when it goes pear shaped.
I’m astonished by the number of people who try to make a dollar teaching astrophotography or charging people to look through their telescopes. I’m even more surprised by the fact that people will pay!
Personally i feel that nobody owns the rights to the night sky. It is there to be shared. The best way to devalue something is to turn it into a commodity.
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