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Old 03-07-2015, 06:06 PM
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Got a spare million?

US dollars that is!

http://www.astromart.com/classifieds...fied_id=890530

Don't know if I would commit that much deniro to merely a CAD representation!

Makes the Tak FCT-250 and FET-300 cheap. I know which I would prefer.
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Old 03-07-2015, 06:24 PM
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That 304mm Lunt solar scope would be awesome and considerably a large part of that cost. The 250mm Lunt scope is over 200K to buy and the images I have seen coming out of that size scope are simply amazing. The etalon alone would be 50-10k alone. The APM scope is also huge too.

I doubt the Tak scope would represent the same value Lewis and would not be comparable really. Maybe the FET300 would be comparable to the APM, but a complete solar and DSO system like these would probably be around that cost if you used the Lunt and Tak scopes. The mount must be enormous and I cannot imagine how big the how system is in a massive dome.
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Old 03-07-2015, 06:31 PM
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Oh, it'd be awesome! I need those magic numbers to come even remotely close.
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Old 03-07-2015, 06:34 PM
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If you lived in the dome I wonder if it would be exempt from the pension assets test
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Old 03-07-2015, 06:37 PM
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Now there is a thought. Could you continually claim it as scientific research?
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Old 03-07-2015, 06:49 PM
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Now there is a thought. Could you continually claim it as scientific research?
Even better... 150% R&D tax deduction
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Old 03-07-2015, 11:53 PM
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I know Andy Lunt - I could probably get you a discount if you want one. More if you could buy a couple!
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