new Planetary Imaging scope...yes, another thread

[asimov (John)]

Thats half the reason why my parks sees very little starlight. No observatory, & I wouldn't dare leave it setup with a canvas or something over it. The OTA weighs 80 lbs...So I made like a glorified wheelbarrow to move the OTA. Still gotta lift it in, get it to the mount & lift it into the cradle.

[Robert_T]

something I should clarify re the $ figure I've mentioned below is that this would be for a full regrind from scratch (only necessary if I want to reduce the F ratio), figure and polish and recoat minus the cost of the blank. A simple refigure (to same F ratio) and recoat would be about half this amount ...

Originally Posted by Robert_T

To get the mirror refigured etc to a good standard I'm looking at ~$1250au then mirror mounting bits, tube, etc etc to get it all setup.

cheers guys,