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Old 14-06-2009, 04:58 PM
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One to make you drool

http://www.ultimateprivateobservatory.com/

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Old 14-06-2009, 05:12 PM
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DROOL DROOL. I'm still wiping it up.

What a fantastic setup. Very clever. Its pretty cool how the down pipes just go back together when the roof is closed again. And the pneumatic catwalk. Cool. (funny how cool rhymes with drool).

Thanks for the link Trevor.

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Old 14-06-2009, 05:17 PM
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It cost him $250000 US to build
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Old 14-06-2009, 05:26 PM
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All that for a meade SCT and a 6" tak on an Alt-az mount? haha...

Looks awesome, but seriously... I reckon spend $200000 USD on gear and 50k max on housing it.. a 4m home dome would have done nicely..
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Old 14-06-2009, 05:39 PM
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Hes an odd bod, if it did cost him $250000 to build, it was what, 10 times more than the scope?, at least. The 16" Meade is great (well, for visual anyway), but makes you wonder if hes into observatorys more than astronomy. A PME and perhaps an RCOS wouldve been a (relatively) small additional cost, and a lot better astronomy. Ahh, horses for courses, who has the right to say otherwise, he ?.
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Old 14-06-2009, 05:40 PM
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oops, exactly Alex.
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Old 14-06-2009, 05:54 PM
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What's with the introduction by Colonel Sanders? Given up on the chickens and decided to dabble in astronomy?

That's pretty cool.
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Old 14-06-2009, 06:21 PM
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Good on him.
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Old 14-06-2009, 06:33 PM
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Think I'll stick with what I've got.....but could be tempted to go to a *real* 16" RC if there was a buyer in Oz for my 14.25
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Old 14-06-2009, 06:37 PM
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I'll take it if you'll sell it for $14.25 even $1425.00... any more and you'd really be stretching my budget!
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Old 14-06-2009, 07:07 PM
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...but could be tempted to go to a *real* 16" RC
as opposed to what Peter?

I have to agree, massive engineering but all that for a alt az setup. Such a shame. The structure is sublime.
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Old 14-06-2009, 07:13 PM
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All that for a meade SCT and a 6" tak on an Alt-az mount? haha...

Looks awesome, but seriously... I reckon spend $200000 USD on gear and 50k max on housing it.. a 4m home dome would have done nicely..
16" Ritchey- Chretien LX200 not SCT
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Old 14-06-2009, 07:19 PM
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The Meade 16" LX200R or ACF is what he means by "Ritchey-Chretien", not quite what you might think, or what the legal system in the US decided was an appropriate description.
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Old 14-06-2009, 07:21 PM
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Meade dont make Ritchey Chretien telescopes. they are a modified SCT. Yes they out perform the average SCT, but they are an SCT nonetheless.. This is however, a discussion for a different thread.....
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Old 14-06-2009, 08:16 PM
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Have to agree, Meade does not nor has ever made RC telescopes. A Ritchie Chretien has two hybolic surfaces, not just one. It is a 16" ACF only but still sitting an an alt azimuth mount.
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Old 14-06-2009, 08:22 PM
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Anyway, the Meade mount is more to the point, marginal at best.
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Old 14-06-2009, 08:33 PM
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True Fred, even the 16" meade would be would do the trick given a nice mount.. MI750 equatorial forks, AP1200, PME... No matter which way you look at it.. If you've got quarter of a million U.S. dollars to spend, shell out 15k USD for a paramount and be done with it... honestly...

As you said earlier... it is his observatory, and who are we to tell him what he needs...

If it were my $250000 USD.. You'd be looking at a tin shed with a pulley operated roll off roof.. 2x AP1200GTO's, one holding a 14.25" RCOS + STL-11000, the other holding a Tak epsilon with STL-11000... fully loaded with all the gadgets one would need to be running 2 full imaging systems at the same time..

Oh life would be grand!

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Old 14-06-2009, 08:33 PM
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You would expect an EM-3500 or similar sitting in there, wouldn't you.
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Old 14-06-2009, 08:43 PM
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I hope he got council approval before he built it or they may make him pull it down.

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Old 14-06-2009, 08:52 PM
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An insane 24" RCOS and AP3600 mount would fit into Alexes budget plan.
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