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Originally Posted by LewisM
Nice guidescope! I take it you got direct from Astronomics Glen? What was the total including flattener and post if you don’t mind sharing?
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Yes it is a nice guidescope, and sometimes it will be used in that capacity, but unlike most guidescopes this one has an FPL-53 objective and an imaging focuser. Mainly, for my purposes, it is a nice widefield refractor.
Yes, direct from Astronomics, and pretty quick dispatch on Ken's part. It only took a week to get from Oklahoma to Sydney, then of course Aus Post took another week to get it from Sydney to Lake Mac.
As to pricing, there is a slight discount for CN members, so the scope was:
$359.78 USD.
60ED Flattener was: $ 94.95 USD.
Shipping via USPS Priority International was $86.85.
I didn't think that was too bad for what I was getting. I priced it from Teleskop-Services (their identical TS60 version) was considerably more expensive mainly due to the high Euro to Aud rate.