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Originally Posted by sejanus
interesting article.
The C11 is some serious dollars though! by gosh.
$4800 for the CF OTA. As a idea the 10" lx200r from bintel is $3300.
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Suggest you consider buying from someplace more reasonable then - e.g. MyAstroshop or Andrews Communications...
Andrews
C9.25-A OTA only...$2699 AUD
C9.25-CF Carbon Fibre OTA only...$2799 AUD
C11-A OTA only...$3499 AUD
C11-CF Carbon Fibre OTA only...$4299 AUD
MyAstro probably will be similar or within Cooee of Andrew's prices if you ask (they all buy from the one importer - Luke at ExtraVision Queensland). The only really dear retailer is Astronomy Online - guess the rental near Warringah Mall is a killer.
I got my C9.25 CF XLT OTA from MyAstro. I figured a $100 price differential between Aluminium and Carbon Fibre was a great buy, vs $800 difference once you go up one aperature size is outrageous!
So if you think the choices are 9.25" CL for $2,800, 10" for $3,300 or 11" Al for $3,500 should should be able to figure a sweetspot pretty quickly! All should be tremendous scope, mounted on the right equipment and upgraded with a better than supplied diagonal and finderscope!