I have often asked myself; "why do I have four telescopes"? The answer is simple really...............it is a disease!
My scopes are:
16" Lightbridge with Track-N-Train drives for deep sky viewing.
8" Celestron SCT with an ED80mm Orion piggybacked on it. These are permanently set up my observatory. These are used for general use and will be used for astrophotography, once I get a decent camera. It is nice to be able to just walk out to my observatory, pull back the hatch and wake up the telescope from hibernation. I just don't like having to set up each time I want to go outside for about an hour or so, to do a little observing before bed.
FLT 110mm Williams Optics refractor, which I use for planetary and as my portable rig. My new mount, an EQ6 GT, should arrive on Tuesday, hopefully.
Whilst in the US in July / August, I will be looking for a larger refractor for permanent set-up. I may be lucky and pick something up second hand at Stellafane. I hear they have a great swap meet there, so who knows what I will pick up. Have some cash ready just in case I see something interesting
Cheers Peter