Kal (Andrew) shared this with me, as i love Maks. Hope its ok to post this here, would love to look through this telescope. Anyone in Australia going to have a go? To rich for my blood.
Good as it might be it is hard to out bid US buyers on Astro-Physics scopes. With the current exchange rate it is already about $30K AUS .. you can get a Takahashi Mewlon 300 CRS for $27K AUS.
Are you talking about the 12" Mak? More like AU$106,000.
I was referring to the early stages of the Auction when it has 6 days to go and the highest bid was $18K USD. I didn't realize it had gone up to beyond $68K USD even though you did mention it as part of this thread (turning 60 in a weeks time and the mind is getting slow) $68K is just plain ridiculous for a 12" Mak-Cass. I wonder if Roland just mounted the optics as received from Intes or did he refigure the mirrors.
It’s an absurd price for what is at the end of the day an Intes scope. I thought at most it would fetch 25 to 30 but even that in my view is high price to pay. Would love to look through a large maksutov , not many comming up for sale in Australia.
. Seriously, it is a bit special.
