I've been using my 8" for two years now and it still rocks my boat lol, although I tend
to think because I live in the bush under beautiful dark skies the 8" does well. Still I am
hankering for aperture. Galaxies aren't too hard to nab from here in the 8" but I would
like to see more spiral armage. Have been waiting awhile for this to surface 4-5 months
more is cool it'll give me time to save up, and also buy the 20mm t5 off Houghy lol
The price is good $3500.00 with an Argo Narvis, just what I'm look for. It will be a better
step up than going to 12" from 8".
Did you buy that Dob? ...was looking at it myself as I saw it up at AstroFest two things
annoyed me about that scope A) the lil star cutouts glued to the side, which I thought
looked pretty tacky B) the mirror had several marks on it. Never did get to look through
it. Still apart from those two things it looked ok.
Ops sorry guys off topic, my error.
Rob, the big question is going to be supply and quality. There might just be a few eager people out there and some 12" scopes for sale early next year.
The upper tube assembly for my 16" fits into my rocker box and the trusses fold up into one piece, fits most modern medium to large station waggons. I think that 16" scope is still for sale at Sirius Optics at Underwood.
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Ops sorry guys off topic, my error.
Rob, the big question is going to be supply and quality. There might just be a few eager people out there and some 12" scopes for sale early next year.
Actually my next thought on that was, ok we got a general cost, we got a
possible date. Now who is going to be the ginea pig and buy the first one
and tell us if it's any good
regards,CS.... wow I actually got a couple in last night.
I think that 16" scope is still for sale at Sirius Optics at Underwood.
Oh ok, I just thought someone must of brought as the last time I look on
Sirius Optics used gear page it had been removed. Boy how long has he
been trying to sell it. He had been trying for some months prior to Astrofest.
Hey that's a good idea Geoff I'll also speak to Mike @ Bintel regarding the same, when the Meade versions come in.
No offence intended Mike, but if that can be arranged any chance we can get
someone with a few more years of experince with optics and truss dobs in
general to do a review?
Anyone is welcome to do a review and i'll put it on the site if they get their hands on one. Alternatively, if I can get my hands on one, i'll be inviting John Bambury and Andrew Murrell (hector) to do the field review with me.