How big is your largest telescope?

[glenc (Glen)]

What is the aperture of your largest scope?
Round the answer to the nearest inch.

[casstony]

C11, aperture limited by portability concerns. If I had a lined garage which I could wheel a scope out from I'd get a ~14" scope.

[bmitchell82 (Brendan)]

Just my beloved 254 newt

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

The biggest I've owned was a 10" but only have an 8" now.
I should really get out there and use it more often.

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Why do you go up in 1 inch increments above 6", when most refractors are smaller than this and cover a plethora of sizes?

[pgc hunter]

12". Biggest I'm willing to carry in and out the door and down the steps.

[ausastronomer (John Bambury)]

Hi all,

My largest that I have in my possession is an 18" Obsession, I also have 14" and 10" scopes.

As a 3RF Australia Volunteer I also have access to 20", 25" and 30" scopes. But to be honest my preference is for people younger and larger than me to transport and set those up, as they are physically quite demanding and every year they just keep getting heavier

Cheers,
John B

[icytailmark (Mark)]

C14 here and its bloody hard setting up by myself

[Terry B]

I have an 8" scope but will eventually get a 11 or 12".
I'm finding that I am restricted for photometry and spectroscopy with the 8".

[Stu Ward]

Foot long !!!!!!

12"

[peterl]

Have a 20 inch Obsession in a two story roll off roof observatory.
Mark Suchting Mirror F5.0
Made the Scope from David Kriege's Book.
Aluminium Bearings from him.
On equatorial platform.Electronics Tom Ozypowski.
Love it!!!!!!!!

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Light Bridge 10" .... not to heavy ... easy on the eye .... just right

Flash

[glenc (Glen)]

Sorry Chris. I should have started smaller.

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Originally Posted by glenc

Sorry Chris. I should have started smaller.

I'd dearly love to have a 6" APO! LOL

Well, 4" (3.56) and 2" (2.36) refractors plus an 8" Mewlon. I guess that's my largest

[Osirisra (Ken)]

Scopes are never big enough :p

[Saturnine (Jeff)]

My largest is an 8" f6 dob / newt atm with an 12.5" f6 newt under ( slow) construction and a 10" f5 mirror in need of a recoat & tube.

Jeff

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by Omaroo

Why do you go up in 1 inch increments above 6", when most refractors are smaller than this and cover a plethora of sizes?

I agree Chris.

Maybe refractor owners aren't allowed to vote
Maybe only Reflectors and SCT's need apply hey Glen

Oh, and my vote is for my 12" dob

[erick (Eric)]

Real scopes have big mirrors!






Eric ducks for cover

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Except the finely polished and figured Zeiss Refractor Lenses ?
Last night was one of the best . Jupiter was awsome at 166x .
cool .
Brian

Originally Posted by erick

Real scopes have big mirrors!






Eric ducks for cover

[glenc (Glen)]

It looks like 8", 10" and 12" telscopes are equally popular so far.