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hi, guys just interested to know... for those who had imported scopes before. how heavy was the shipment and how much did it cost to ship over from wherever you did? air freight or sea ship? which company? i'm asking because there seems to be a miscommunication between dennis and i. the USD895 for t...

hi, everyone thanks for all the input, i have learnt much. i think i better not be too greedy, so i'll take the 10" outta my head. i guess i had aperture fever for quite some time, i forgot that contrast used to rank quite high in my considerations. in fact, there was a period of time i had ref...

hello, just got more info from dennis using "newt" (a software, i believe. i'm not familiar with it though) to compute the relevant dimensions, he says that 1.5" secondary will give fully illuminate a 2" eyepiece. (he didnt exactly say 2" EP, but my original question to him ...

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thanks for the heads-up on the secondary mirror issue. i was thinking of either 1.83" or a 2" secondary. bare minimum sizes tend to worry me; makes me wonder how a mn66 can properly illuminate a 2" eyepiece. (and i believe it doesnt.) dennis didnt mention on the focuser profile so i a...

hi, i have more or less decided to buy the scope already. i just need to go around to make sure i can find transport equipment for it; bag and trolley. then i can finalise the order. one thing just crossed my mind though: the stock secondary is 2.5", which is pretty big for an f/6. i was thinki...

hi, back from camp. thanks for all the response. the footprint is estimated to be 14" by 14". height wise, not sure as dennis steele hasnt exactly made one of this before so he couldnt give exact dimensions of the finished product. this isnt exactly small, i havent looked around so i'm not...

hi, some updates: (from cloudynights forum) the meade research grade mirror used in the research grade telescopes were no different from their regular scopes. the thing is, these scope line are from some years back and the optics are no longer manufactured. however the mirrors from that time were co...

hi, sadly, i'm only a NSF who is going to university when i ORD this june, so i'm trying to keep cost down, preferably not greater than SGD2k. what dennis has told me: he has a particularly good sample of the meade research grade optics which is better than the hubble optics used in the larger instr...

i'm shopping for small aperture dobs and my options are limited. and i came across this: dobstuff.com they make collapsible truss dobs and the owner, dennis steele does make an 8" travel version, though not reflected in this website. he quoted me USD895 for the 8" , components includes: 8&...