Anyone want to build a scope

[Terry B]

There are some mirror sets available here https://lco.global/sales/mirrorsets/
A little out of my price range but you can only dream.

[barx1963 (Malcolm)]

Oh suppose it would be alright! Do you think they would give a discount if I bought both?

[leon]

Wow that is a big piece of glass, I will have both please.

Leon

[el_draco (Rom)]

Originally Posted by leon

Wow that is a big piece of glass, I will have both please.

Leon

I'd be tempted but the exchange rate and GST put the 2m just outside my price range.

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Originally Posted by el_draco

I'd be tempted but the exchange rate and GST put the 2m just outside my price range.

I take it that means your getting the 1.0m??

Don't drop it on your toes.

[el_draco (Rom)]

Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

I take it that means your getting the 1.0m??

Don't drop it on your toes.

Not worth the effort at 1m... Aperture fever demands excesses...

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

I nearly bought the 2m one but then I noticed its mass and I think my mount could complain a bit if I asked it to drive 1100kg plus...

[leon]

OK, we are pretending and fantasying, is the glass figured, or do we have to grind it ourselves, errr, just asking

Leon

[Boozlefoot]

Here's me all excited..............then I realised it's priced in US dollars, so I've come up short

[el_draco (Rom)]

We could all chip in a few bucks... or second, (third), mortgages. I have a dark site and access to an engineer to design it....

[Wavytone]

I've got an 8" f/9 with 0.997 strehl sitting in a box, waiting for a rainy weekend when I have time.

If the seeing is pretty ordinary and you're stuck in suburbia a big scope is pointless IMHO.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

I've always wanted to see 47 Tuc through a 2m scope.

[OzEclipse (Joe Cali)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

I've always wanted to see 47 Tuc through a 2m scope.

Good luck Kevin!

A 2m telescope's widest practical FOV regardless of f number is a 0.25 degree field at 300X magnification using an 82 degree field eyepiece.

I looked through a 40 inch scope many years ago. Very unimpressive.

Joe

[el_draco (Rom)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

I've always wanted to see 47 Tuc through a 2m scope.

I've seen it through a 29"... Breathtaking!