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apart from the mark up and shipping adding to the final cost lets for one minute have a look at the hardware itself, and this is not just directed at Celestron but all mass produced OTA's.
l am not going for one minute pretend that l know what it takes in research and man hours to develop the particular optical configuration of some scopes but l would assume that by now computer simulation and experience would have it down to a fairly quick process, if this is correct then the subsequent mass production would make this a reasonably cheap part of the scope building process.
having had experience with manufacturing in many different areas inc CNC machining and extruding methods l can tell you that there is nothing in any given telescope excluding optics that is worth anything at all when made on a large scale.
we are classed as a specialist market and are paying "regrettably" accordingly.
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