Your Ideal Scope Collection?

MooEy · Post by **MooEy** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 7:29 pm

hmm..for me i would take

3inch semi apo wif manfrotto 410, lightweight, wide field views, likely to be most used scope
4-6inch apo or 5-6inch mak wif gp-d or gm8, planetary scope, gd for showing off too =X
8-9.25inch sct wif gp mount, portable wif lots of aperature to play wif
12.5/18inch dob, big scope, nice toy when u have gd skies
fujinon 7x50 bino, gd for locating dso
maybe another scope for ap, epsilon, fsq or np101, wif a g11 =X throw in a st10mxe for that

~MooEy~

Post by **zong** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:36 pm

Gwenyi, your ideal is only HST? I'd like the russian space station if I had the money... stay there whole year round using the machinery beats even a HST lol

Ok, back to reality, my ideal scope:
1) 20x100 binos
2) C5 to go, if possible I'd bring it anywhere anytime

3) gimme a 16" SCT! (my finderscope)
4) Any good camera (haven't researched on astrophotography yet so dunno what)

Post by **acc** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 11:30 pm

For myself
1) a large dob
2) largest portable scope -- portaball 8"
3) hassle-free travel scope -- TV85
4) fully goto scope for the fun of it

chris shaw · Post by **chris shaw** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:14 pm

1) a grab-n-go APO refractor from Takahashi or Televue
2) a GPS goto 14 inch pier mounted SCT
3) the 7 inch Questar (love the optics + swiss watch type mechanics)
4) a small permanant observatory for the garden
5) image stabilisation binocs like the ones from canon
6) BEST OF ALL: quality scope time at Mauna Kea

Chris

Kamikazer · Post by **Kamikazer** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 3:57 pm

1. a very big reflector (HST is too BIG)
2. many different lens
3. any suggestions? i'm newbie...

starfirez · Post by **starfirez** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 5:59 pm

haha then i want the hubble!!! dun need carry somemore lolx
no la hmmm i want:
1) Sky 90 II - can carry ard scope and look cute too
2)MN 61
3)Astrophysics 155mm f7 Starfire EDFS
i not greedy one, 3 enough already

kcy · Post by **kcy** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 9:13 am

...I find that quite a number of ya like the intes MN system. Care to enlighten me?

My dream combination :
1.For Impressing Fellow astronomers : Questar 7"
2.For Impressing My Family and Friends : Nexstar 8" GOTO (lazy to find sia!
3.For Impressing Idiots : ANY 80mm WILL DO

Seriously my dream IX :
1.For serious observing : Questar 7"
2.For imaging : C400
3.Grab and Go : Nexstar 5"
4.For Starparties : 14.5" Portaball f4.3

BUt for Now I can contend with a
1.Mewlon 180(hopefully I can get it soon!)
8)

Post by **Airconvent** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 1:51 am

kcy wrote:...I find that quite a number of ya like the intes MN system. Care to enlighten me?

My dream combination :
1.For Impressing Fellow astronomers : Questar 7"
2.For Impressing My Family and Friends : Nexstar 8" GOTO (lazy to find sia!
3.For Impressing Idiots : ANY 80mm WILL DO

Seriously my dream IX :
1.For serious observing : Questar 7"
2.For imaging : C400
3.Grab and Go : Nexstar 5"
4.For Starparties : 14.5" Portaball f4.3

BUt for Now I can contend with a
1.Mewlon 180(hopefully I can get it soon!)
8)

Hi,
I think Michael Lo is thinking of selling his Mewlon 180....do contact him..

rich

Post by nF » Thu Oct 23, 2003 7:37 pm

My 2nd wife will be:
1) Pentax 105 SDHF
2) Astrophysics 105mm f6 Traveler or the 130mm f6 Starfire

Will get one of these in 2-3 years from now. =P

Sold my 1st wife (Taka FS102) to wira 1 year ago and my 1st wife's body and legs (Vixen GPD mount and HAL110 tripod) to Mike Matthew just this year April.

MooEy · Post by **MooEy** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 5:02 pm

after looking thru the mewlon 180 and 210, i think i will take the mewlon 180 instead of the 8-9.25inch sct.

~MooEy~