"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
[80% Steve, 20% Alfred] ------- Probability of Clear Skies = (Age of newest equipment in days) / [(Number of observers) * (Total Aperture of all telescopes present in mm)]
I think you can contact Jinpeng for further enquiries. He is the president of the AGAstro society and from what I new, this astro facility is fully funded by the govt (e.g. PA or MCYS) so cost may not have been their prime concerns
