https://www.cloudynights.com/classifieds/item/267092-for-sale-tec-apo-200-f8-fluorite-apochromat-refractor/
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 3:43:23 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
https://www.cloudynights.com/classifieds/item/267092-for-sale-tec-apo-200-f8-fluorite-apochromat-refractor/
$32K?
Pocket change!
On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:45:05 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 3:43:23 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
https://www.cloudynights.com/classifieds/item/267092-for-sale-tec-apo-200-f8-fluorite-apochromat-refractor/
$32K?You can get a scope at least as good for 10% of that. It's silly.
Pocket change!
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 8:10:21 PM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:45:05 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 3:43:23 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
https://www.cloudynights.com/classifieds/item/267092-for-sale-tec-apo-200-f8-fluorite-apochromat-refractor/
Hehe!$32K?You can get a scope at least as good for 10% of that. It's silly.
Pocket change!
Only $1600! https://www.amazon.com/Orion-Premium-Mak-Newt-Astrograph-Telescope/dp/B002JO1L2Q
On Friday, 27 August 2021 at 01:26:09 UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 8:10:21 PM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:45:05 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 3:43:23 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
https://www.cloudynights.com/classifieds/item/267092-for-sale-tec-apo-200-f8-fluorite-apochromat-refractor/
Hehe!$32K?You can get a scope at least as good for 10% of that. It's silly.
Pocket change!
Only $1600! https://www.amazon.com/Orion-Premium-Mak-Newt-Astrograph-Telescope/dp/B002JO1L2Q
A perpetually out of stock Chinese piece of crap. Check out some of the interferometer tests done on these things. Optics look like a phonograph record.
It's no AP refractor.
https://www.cloudynights.com/classifieds/item/267092-for-sale-tec-apo-200-f8-fluorite-apochromat-refractor/
On Friday, 27 August 2021 at 01:26:09 UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 8:10:21 PM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:45:05 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 3:43:23 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
https://www.cloudynights.com/classifieds/item/267092-for-sale-tec-apo-200-f8-fluorite-apochromat-refractor/
Hehe!$32K?You can get a scope at least as good for 10% of that. It's silly.
Pocket change!
Only $1600! https://www.amazon.com/Orion-Premium-Mak-Newt-Astrograph-Telescope/dp/B002JO1L2Q
A perpetually out of stock Chinese piece of crap. Check out some of the interferometer tests done on these things. Optics look like a phonograph record.
It's no AP refractor.
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 6:43:23 PM UTC-4, RichA wrote:
https://www.cloudynights.com/classifieds/item/267092-for-sale-tec-apo-200-f8-fluorite-apochromat-refractor/
Does that include a mount or just the OTA and accessories?
The cost for a new example of this optical tube assembly is shown as $29,600.
https://www.telescopengineering.com/telescope/apo200fl-f-8/
On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 5:16:53 AM UTC-7, W wrote:
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 6:43:23 PM UTC-4, RichA wrote:
https://www.cloudynights.com/classifieds/item/267092-for-sale-tec-apo-200-f8-fluorite-apochromat-refractor/
Does that include a mount or just the OTA and accessories?
The cost for a new example of this optical tube assembly is shown as $29,600.
https://www.telescopengineering.com/telescope/apo200fl-f-8/Probably, 5 years wait time!
On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 3:27:06 AM UTC-4, RichA wrote:
On Friday, 27 August 2021 at 01:26:09 UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 8:10:21 PM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:45:05 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 3:43:23 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
https://www.cloudynights.com/classifieds/item/267092-for-sale-tec-apo-200-f8-fluorite-apochromat-refractor/
Hehe!$32K?You can get a scope at least as good for 10% of that. It's silly.
Pocket change!
Only $1600! https://www.amazon.com/Orion-Premium-Mak-Newt-Astrograph-Telescope/dp/B002JO1L2Q
A perpetually out of stock Chinese piece of crap. Check out some of the interferometer tests done on these things. Optics look like a phonograph record.A plain-old 8-inch f/8 Newt with a well-made custom mirror could certainly be a reasonable substitute.
It's no AP refractor.
On Friday, 27 August 2021 at 08:31:16 UTC-4, W wrote:
On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 3:27:06 AM UTC-4, RichA wrote:
On Friday, 27 August 2021 at 01:26:09 UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 8:10:21 PM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:45:05 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 3:43:23 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
https://www.cloudynights.com/classifieds/item/267092-for-sale-tec-apo-200-f8-fluorite-apochromat-refractor/
Hehe!$32K?You can get a scope at least as good for 10% of that. It's silly.
Pocket change!
Only $1600! https://www.amazon.com/Orion-Premium-Mak-Newt-Astrograph-Telescope/dp/B002JO1L2Q
Mirrors can be close. I've seen through/owned probably the finest Mak-Newts and Mak-Cassegrains and although some comeA perpetually out of stock Chinese piece of crap. Check out some of the interferometer tests done on these things. Optics look like a phonograph record.A plain-old 8-inch f/8 Newt with a well-made custom mirror could certainly be a reasonable substitute.
It's no AP refractor.
close, they don't quite match the best refractors.
On Friday, 27 August 2021 at 08:31:16 UTC-4, W wrote:
On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 3:27:06 AM UTC-4, RichA wrote:
On Friday, 27 August 2021 at 01:26:09 UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 8:10:21 PM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:45:05 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 3:43:23 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
https://www.cloudynights.com/classifieds/item/267092-for-sale-tec-apo-200-f8-fluorite-apochromat-refractor/
Hehe!$32K?You can get a scope at least as good for 10% of that. It's silly.
Pocket change!
Only $1600! https://www.amazon.com/Orion-Premium-Mak-Newt-Astrograph-Telescope/dp/B002JO1L2Q
Mirrors can be close. I've seen through/owned probably the finestA perpetually out of stock Chinese piece of crap. Check out some ofA plain-old 8-inch f/8 Newt with a well-made custom mirror could
the interferometer tests done on these things. Optics look like a phonograph record.
It's no AP refractor.
certainly be a reasonable substitute.
Mak-Newts and Mak-Cassegrains and although some come
close, they don't quite match the best refractors.
"StarDust" wrote: I all ways had a big crowd around my scope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSpBwt4hFN8
Hehe!
Only $1600! https://www.amazon.com/Orion-Premium-Mak-Newt-Astrograph-Telescope/dp/B002JO1L2Q
$32K?
Pocket change!
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 11:26:09 PM UTC-6, StarDust wrote:
Hehe!That one you can't get, it's currently out of stock.
Only $1600! https://www.amazon.com/Orion-Premium-Mak-Newt-Astrograph-Telescope/dp/B002JO1L2Q
Plus, it's an astrograph, which means its central obstruction is _so_ big it isn't recommended for
visual observing. Not that there aren't _other_ much cheaper alternatives, but this one doesn't
quite fill the bill.
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 11:26:09 PM UTC-6, StarDust wrote:
Hehe!That one you can't get, it's currently out of stock.
Only $1600! https://www.amazon.com/Orion-Premium-Mak-Newt-Astrograph-Telescope/dp/B002JO1L2Q
Plus, it's an astrograph, which means its central obstruction is _so_ big it isn't recommended for
visual observing. Not that there aren't _other_ much cheaper alternatives, but this one doesn't
quite fill the bill.
John Savard
On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 10:49:44 PM UTC-6, Quadibloc wrote:
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 11:26:09 PM UTC-6, StarDust wrote:
Hehe!That one you can't get, it's currently out of stock.
Only $1600! https://www.amazon.com/Orion-Premium-Mak-Newt-Astrograph-Telescope/dp/B002JO1L2Q
Plus, it's an astrograph, which means its central obstruction is _so_ big it isn't recommended forSo I think you may have to spend a little more: here's a possible alternative:
visual observing. Not that there aren't _other_ much cheaper alternatives, but this one doesn't
quite fill the bill.
https://www.telescope.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=133085
John Savard
Expected ship date Feb 2022! We're now seeing pedestrian telescopes with ship times like big apos!!
On Friday, 27 August 2021 at 08:31:16 UTC-4, W wrote:
On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 3:27:06 AM UTC-4, RichA wrote:
On Friday, 27 August 2021 at 01:26:09 UTC-4, StarDust wrote:A plain-old 8-inch f/8 Newt with a well-made custom mirror could certainly be a reasonable substitute.
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 8:10:21 PM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:A perpetually out of stock Chinese piece of crap. Check out some of the interferometer tests done on these things. Optics look like a phonograph record.
On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:45:05 -0700 (PDT),Hehe!
wrote:
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 3:43:23 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:You can get a scope at least as good for 10% of that. It's silly.
https://www.cloudynights.com/classifieds/item/267092-for-sale-tec-apo-200-f8-fluorite-apochromat-refractor/
$32K?
Pocket change!
Only $1600!
https://www.amazon.com/Orion-Premium-Mak-Newt-Astrograph-Telescope/dp/B002JO1L2Q
It's no AP refractor.
Mirrors can be close. I've seen through/owned probably the finest Mak-Newts and Mak-Cassegrains and although some come
close, they don't quite match the best refractors.
On Saturday, 28 August 2021 at 00:56:20 UTC-4, Quadibloc wrote:
On Friday, August 27, 2021 at 10:49:44 PM UTC-6, Quadibloc wrote:
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 11:26:09 PM UTC-6, StarDust wrote:
Hehe!That one you can't get, it's currently out of stock.
Only $1600! https://www.amazon.com/Orion-Premium-Mak-Newt-Astrograph-Telescope/dp/B002JO1L2Q
Plus, it's an astrograph, which means its central obstruction is _so_ big it isn't recommended forSo I think you may have to spend a little more: here's a possible alternative:
visual observing. Not that there aren't _other_ much cheaper alternatives, but this one doesn't
quite fill the bill.
https://www.telescope.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=133085
John SavardExpected ship date Feb 2022! We're now seeing pedestrian telescopes with ship times like big apos!!
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 4:45:07 PM UTC-6, StarDust wrote:
$32K?
Pocket change!
Well, he said it was a _really_ nice scope. Of course if your budget is smaller,
you'll have to settle for something more ordinary. Like an 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain
instead of an 8-inch fluorite apochromatic refractor.
On Saturday, August 28, 2021 at 12:47:53 AM UTC-4, Quadibloc wrote:universe of larger and more capable telescopes starts to look feasible, and for much less than $32K. Even the observatory won't cost that much.
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 4:45:07 PM UTC-6, StarDust wrote:
$32K?
Pocket change!
Well, he said it was a _really_ nice scope. Of course if your budget is smaller,That refractor is going to need a pier or tripod about six feet high in order to get the eyepiece to a comfortable height. That leads one to suspect that this instrument needs to be housed in an observatory. Once you need an observatory, a whole
you'll have to settle for something more ordinary. Like an 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain
instead of an 8-inch fluorite apochromatic refractor.
Some telescopes seem to demand an observatory, while not really deserving one.
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On Saturday, August 28, 2021 at 12:47:53 AM UTC-4, Quadibloc wrote:universe of larger and more capable telescopes starts to look feasible, and for much less than $32K. Even the observatory won't cost that much.
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 4:45:07 PM UTC-6, StarDust wrote:
$32K?
Pocket change!
Well, he said it was a _really_ nice scope. Of course if your budget is smaller,That refractor is going to need a pier or tripod about six feet high in order to get the eyepiece to a comfortable height. That leads one to suspect that this instrument needs to be housed in an observatory. Once you need an observatory, a whole
you'll have to settle for something more ordinary. Like an 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain
instead of an 8-inch fluorite apochromatic refractor.
Some telescopes seem to demand an observatory, while not really deserving one.
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