Sounds good! Now if only we would get them at that price... i'm guessing we'll pay close to $2000.
Andrew, if you read the blurb it says "The telescope's rear cell has tapped holes for an optional Cooling Accelerator Fan (#7816) to aid in rapid equilibration of the optics to ambient temperature." so I'm guessing the holes are related to that.
Can anyone explain how this scope design would differ from a Schmidt-Newt for instance? Or would this scope be much better than an ordinary Newt with coma corrector?
Davo,
there is a whole lot of techo stuff that says one is better suited than others, but most of it is way above my pea sized brain.
I have had a few Mak/Newts, albeit Russian, and they have been absolute stunners. Awesome DSO views, and even better planetary. Imaging may be tricky as the C.O is normally quite small. Cost has (up until now maybe) been the biggest snag.
Wonderful times we live in.
Gary
$1299US to $1799AU is not bad considering Orions' Dobs are twice the US prices here..$2300 for the 12" Orion Dob with Object locator or "only" $1800 without
I am betting we can get a better deal if we go direct to China or HK dealers.
I have seen a MN152 telescope made by JOC sold in HK for about 560AUD. I have emailed them about this scope several times over the last 6months but unfortunately it does not seem to be available yet. Its very similar to the Mead 6" SN. And from the pictures i have seen of the factories, i think possibly made in the same factory as some Meade and some Celestron gear.
