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Old 05-10-2019, 02:20 PM
Lioness (Lina)
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Adelaide, Australia
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Originally Posted by Wavytone View Post
Well, a 280mm refractor objective is available for 100k euros, with exchange shipping and duties etc close to $200k. A mount for such a beast is another $150k. Neither are portable - you’d need an observatory and a block of land to put it on so not much change out of half a million...

You might need to win lotto.

You mean a 2800mm refractor?
And yes an observatory is the first thing on the list if I win the lotto lol
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