One Hell of A Lot of Money

DRCORTEX (Lance) · #1 05-06-2021, 01:51 PM

Well, must put this on my wishfull thinking list. Just not sure it would fit in my backyard

https://www.testar.com.au/collection...rvatory-system

Cheers,

Lance

leon · #2 05-06-2021, 02:14 PM

How cool is that Lance, if the lotto hits tonight I know what I will be looking at, that is so good.

I presume the Observatory is extra.

Leon

Outcast (Carlton) · #3 05-06-2021, 02:17 PM

I asked... she said NO...

DRCORTEX (Lance) · #4 05-06-2021, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leon

How cool is that Lance, if the lotto hits tonight I know what I will be looking at, that is so good.

I presume the Observatory is extra.

Leon

Man, my house would be smaller than something to handle this.

Very impressive, but you would have to be a billionaire astronomer to aford it.

Cheers,

DOC

( something to do while I take another set of flats )

gregbradley · #5 05-06-2021, 02:45 PM

I just saw an image of NGC2997 on Cloudynights this morning from one of those.

I gotta say it wasn't impressive at all. About the same as my CDK17. Plus it was taken in Chile.

Greg.

glend (Glen) · #6 05-06-2021, 03:55 PM

This seems to be much like Bintel advertising a $250,000 camera, just stick it in your cart. It will get them some attention here, and some website traffic, but let's be real, no one will buy one. I believe the term is "click bait".

If someone wished to buy one, I am sure Planewave would deal direct and appoint someone to look after you and all the logistics. But build the Observatory building first.

morls (Stephen) · #7 05-06-2021, 05:16 PM

Seems a good price, but look out for the postage costs to Australia...

DRCORTEX (Lance) · #8 05-06-2021, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gregbradley

I just saw an image of NGC2997 on Cloudynights this morning from one of those.

I gotta say it wasn't impressive at all. About the same as my CDK17. Plus it was taken in Chile.

Greg.

That's a $40,000 scope, this one is $730,000 ( plus postage )

Even $40K is in the realms of fantasy for me, and many others.

Cheers,

Lance

leon · #9 06-06-2021, 06:38 AM

You would think that at that price, they would send someone over here with it and put it all together and get it up and running.
Although a different item i have seen this happen with special Italian kitchen purchases for the wealthy over here.

Leon

multiweb (Marc) · #10 06-06-2021, 09:19 AM

Not sure about that. $800k for a nice house or a new scope.

toc (Tim) · #11 06-06-2021, 01:15 PM

Just ordered one - but worried about setting up and taking back inside each night. Does scopecloak make a model that would fit this?

gregbradley · #12 07-06-2021, 06:57 PM

I looked at the image of NGC2997 and it was a 24 inch CDK not th e1100.

Greg.

RB (Andrew) · #13 07-06-2021, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gregbradley

I looked at the image of NGC2997 and it was a 24 inch CDK not th e1100.

Greg.

Cheers Greg,

I just put the PW1000 back in my basket and about to paypal checkout.

RB

mura_gadi (Steve) · #14 07-06-2021, 07:22 PM

Well there's another requirement for the retirement motorhome...

gregbradley · #15 08-06-2021, 09:17 AM

I think practically speaking there is a workable limit to the size of a scope for the amateur community.

My 17 inch would be my limit. The gains from larger aperture I think begin to diminish as seeing, light pollution, accuracy of tracking, mount capacity, wind conditions become more and more influential.

12 inch is probably the limit for practical portable imaging. Even then some 12 inch scopes are pretty large and heavy.

Above 12 inches you are really looking at a permanent mount as the weight factor alone makes it hard for one person to handle it safely.

A 1 metre scope would give "nice" blurry balls for stars in most people's seeing conditions.

Greg.

jamespierce (James) · #16 08-06-2021, 09:52 AM

Spot on Greg. My experience is the same - seeing conditions and weather are the biggest limiting factors. Remote hosting in Chile etc would be a way better investment!

mura_gadi (Steve) · #17 08-06-2021, 10:49 AM

So, at $720k for the scope, and I think I saw 200k+ for a camera.

How much is the laser systems they use to punch a hole in the atmosphere for image captures through a stable column of air. Less generator...

Steve
ps. Mind you with the cost of remote observations, I think you'd be far better off waiting a few more years for competitive commercial lift loads. Do a remote setup in zero grav. to dispense with a lot of the additional infrastructure costs/time.

Aka personal Hubble with a laser comms link.

I' mean if we're dreaming...

MortonH · #18 08-06-2021, 11:57 AM

Matt's saving up for two of them to make a bino-scope.

GUS.K (Ivan) · #19 09-06-2021, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by MortonH

Matt's saving up for two of them to make a bino-scope.

He might even make a case for it.

TrevorW · #20 12-06-2021, 03:46 PM

Typical men wanting to over compensate