AP Riccardi Honders

[Peter Ward]

Just got the nod from AP....

.........after many, many, many moons of waiting, I can finally expect to take delivery of a 12" F3.8 Riccardi Honders in 2012

[RickS (Rick)]

Congratulations! They looks like quite a beast.

[Hans Tucker (Hans)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Just got the nod from AP....

.........after many, many, many moons of waiting, I can finally I can finally expect to take delivery of a 12" F3.8 Riccardi Honders in 2012

At least you were not waiting for delivery on a AP 160 refractor. For the price tag ($17K USD) and the quality of Rolands work it should be an exceptional performer. I have been following his forum thread on Astromart on the development and testing of this scope. What camera are you going to match up with this scope?

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by Hans Tucker

At least you were not waiting for delivery on a AP 160 refractor. ..............What camera are you going to match up with this scope?

Actually, I was waiting on an AP160 (May 1999 no less ! ) , but the prognosis of delivery was not good, hence swapped lists....

STX16803 shoud deliver a suitable field

[gbeal]

Congrats, can't wait to see what you deliver with this combo.
Green with envy,
Gary

[Hans Tucker (Hans)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Actually, I was waiting on an AP160 (May 1999 no less ! ) , but the prognosis of delivery was not good, hence swapped lists....

STX16803 shoud deliver a suitable field

Hmm...you already have a AP155 F7 refractor in your inventory so I am not sure what an additional 5mm was going to give you. Either way real nice choice of scope and I also look forward to seeing the results the APRH/STX16803 combination produces.

[marki]

With those specs it's time for an all sky mosaic I think Peter. Congrats on the new scope.

Mark

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by marki

With those specs it's time for an all sky mosaic I think Peter. Congrats on the new scope.

Mark

Ta.....Mosaics perhaps...All sky? probably not

That said, I haven't got the scope yet...roll on 2012 !

[renormalised (Carl)]

Lucky bugger!!!!.....That's one nice scope, Peter

Hope it comes soon

[TrevorW]

Well done, need plenty of pics when it arrives