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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Hey Sean, you have an impressive collection of telescope gear  I would have never dreamed of having a 12" telescope when I got serious about astronomy at age 15 back in 1982 - on ya  Back then most people started with crappy refractors, I waited and saved and read about scopes and eventually purchased a 4.5" Tasco on an EQ mount but then thought it was amazing when by a stroke of luck I fairly quickly moved up to a HUUUUGE 8" Newt on a EQ mount 
Mike |
The big scopes are only getting cheaper and easier to buy as time moves on I reckon in 50 years a 20" could be an ametuar scope.