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01-12-2013, 08:17 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 3,588
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Originally Posted by MattT
Get an Istar 6" f12 or f15 and put it on a G11. Beautiful.
Matt
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Istar 204mm F8.8 on a secondhand Titan 
Last edited by Kunama; 01-12-2013 at 08:54 AM.
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01-12-2013, 08:23 AM
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Location: Sydney, NSW
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More to the point - why should any of us bother expending our time making posts when the moderators come along and delete them in some strange notion of moral or legal piety and thus re-invent history of what has been communicated here originally.
Now counting the minutes before this post also gets wiped 
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01-12-2013, 08:23 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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40" f3. Well I'm thinking about it and I'm not dead yet 
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01-12-2013, 09:37 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Warragul, Vic
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Originally Posted by Kunama
That's where we are lucky here on IIS, where Moderators moderate in a moderate manner,  |
+1. Once in a blue moon I get annoyed by the authorities but we're all going to disagree with one another at some time and they do a very good and moderate job in general.
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01-12-2013, 10:27 AM
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Politically incorrect.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Tasmania (South end)
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
What happened to the original poster? He's ignoring us. This thread is pointless without the intended use being clear. We are talking to ourselves.
Greg.
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Parallel conversations 
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01-12-2013, 10:31 AM
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Politically incorrect.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Tasmania (South end)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Steffen
Here's my input to this intelligence gathering exercise: the best jack-of-all-trades scope is an 8-10" Maksutov-Cassegrain on a tracking mount, sitting next to a 30" Dob. Ok, that's two scopes, but nobody seems to make 30" Maks...
Cheers
Steffen.
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Don't know about the Mak, but I've had close to a 30" Dob and there are portability issues.. 
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01-12-2013, 10:44 AM
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Location: Woombye, SE Qld, Australia
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That thread title sounds like a threat!
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01-12-2013, 11:58 AM
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Reflecting on Refracting
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 1,216
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Originally Posted by Kunama
Istar 204mm F8.8 on a secondhand Titan |
I'm wanting the 'Comet Hunter' 8" f6 after the 6" is done…..always wanting more…..
and it's still under 10K
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01-12-2013, 04:39 PM
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Ebotec Alpeht Sicamb
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Toongabbie, NSW
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Originally Posted by el_draco
Don't know about the Mak, but I've had close to a 30" Dob and there are portability issues.. |
A 30" Dob doesn't move, things move around it. Things like a roll-off shed
Cheers
Steffen.
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05-12-2013, 09:12 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by UniPol
"The last telescope you'll ever buy" has rather morbid overtones  |
Yep, I was thinking the same. Best to put off buying that last scope as long as possible.
Some good ideas here though, even if the OP hasn't bothered qualifying his ideas further. Maybe he has already bought his last scope ..... Morbid overtones, sorry!
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05-12-2013, 01:30 PM
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Location: Rockingham WA Australia
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I want to be buried in mine!
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05-12-2013, 01:59 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bribie Island
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sn1987a
I want to be buried in mine! |
Ahhhh...now there's a thought....take'm with yah....!!
Flash....
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05-12-2013, 02:14 PM
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Life is looking up!
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Now that is just being plain selfish Flash. You should leave 'em to a worthy cause.....................me
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05-12-2013, 02:24 PM
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Senior Citizen
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bribie Island
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Originally Posted by Stardrifter_WA
Now that is just being plain selfish Flash. You should leave 'em to a worthy cause.....................me |
Oh I see ...The Peter Crake Foundation ... how could I forget....
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05-12-2013, 05:00 PM
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Life is looking up!
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Join Date: Sep 2010
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Well, at least they'd be well cared for AND, I can assure you that the NA140 would definitely be well cared for and lovingly maintained.
Last edited by Stardrifter_WA; 06-12-2013 at 03:06 PM.
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06-12-2013, 03:00 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sn1987a
I want to be buried in mine! |
I have a shovel and can possibly get a flight as early as tomorrow .......
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06-12-2013, 03:36 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Rockingham WA Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kunama
I have a shovel and can possibly get a flight as early as tomorrow .......
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No go on, it'll be good entertainment watching you dig the hole.
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07-12-2013, 07:00 PM
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Location: Melbourne
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There is a scope that I have wanted for a while but gave up looking because they never come up on the second hand market.....until now...one has come up for sale on Astromart and I am not in a position to buy it. 
It is a Carbon Tube Takahashi 250C Epsilon Astrograph
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07-12-2013, 08:37 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hans Tucker
There is a scope that I have wanted for a while but gave up looking because they never come up on the second hand market.....until now...one has come up for sale on Astromart and I am not in a position to buy it.
It is a Carbon Tube Takahashi 250C Epsilon Astrograph |
That's what credit cards are for Hans. Just looked at the scope, beautiful and from the original owner. $$$$ ????
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07-12-2013, 08:51 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Melbourne
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kunama
That's what credit cards are for Hans. Just looked at the scope, beautiful and from the original owner. $$$$ ????
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The asking price is $15K USD...so you have to be realistic as to whether a 13 year old scope is worth that price considering a new CCA-250P is about the same price with greater options.
Still, this comparison doesn't curb my curiosity about the Takahashi Epsilon series Astrographs. Maybe if or when I get over my current love of high end refractors.
I hate credit cards or being in debt so if I can't afford a new toy through paying cash then I pass.
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