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As an avid follower of the progress and sale of this scope it was with concern I read all the derogatory remarks on Cloudy Nights regarding the quality of this scope a lot of which I found was unfounded in the sense that the scope was being
a) advertised as a astrograph never intended for visual use and at $1400 US cannot and should not be compared to the
B) 10 and 12" RC's being made by RCOS or Plainwave.
and
C) was being made in Taiwan where labor costs are significantly less and as anyone knows its labor cost and markups that impact the most on the end conusumer cost of a product.
If the actual photographic results from the 8" show the goods then when the 10" is released in May and by all rights this should be under $5000 AUD or 1/2 the cost of an equivalent RCOS or Plainwave equivalent then what more can be said.
IMHO
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