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Originally Posted by KenGee
Ian I have one, I got it from the Neatherlands of all places for $800 us. I am converting it to ccd and adding a field flatener. As luck would have it if I use BK7 glass I can use off the shelf optics with the right radius. The project has stalled abit due to other things going on as well but it will be done on day.
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Lucky man .... when done it will be great imaging scope .... where's that "Green with envy smiley" ?
Looking forward to reading a detailed account of the conversion and optical upgrade some time in the future and seeing some images (all here at IIS I hope, though it would be something S&T would probably like too.
These things keep on showing up for sale it seems , I've seen 3 or 4 (mostly the 8" version) over the last year or so at Ebay , and Cloudy Nights and other places.
I think there is a commercial version of what you are doing too that incorporates a Starlight Express CCD camera, is your conversion similar.