Wmacky
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Wow! Comments?
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William
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RAKing
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 12/28/07
Posts: 818
Loc: Clouds-ville, Virginia
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Yes, I saw the prototype at NEAF, too. Wow is right - looks good and the production models will be carbon fiber.
Mike let me hold it (and fondle it). It's very light with no corrector out front. I like the focal length (f9) - the 8 incher is only 1800mm or so.
He said the 8 inchers will be in next month, the 10 inchers around July, and the 12 and 16 inchers (gasp) later.
Definitely something to consider,
Ron
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Siguy
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Reged: 01/05/08
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Loc: Massachusetts
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...And the 6'' is only $1295! Amazing.
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tboss70
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 11/25/05
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Loc: Missouri
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Any pictures yet?
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Todd
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skyler
Pooh-Bah
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Yes, I saw the prototype at NEAF, too. Wow is right - looks good and the production models will be carbon fiber.
Mike let me hold it (and fondle it). It's very light with no corrector out front. I like the focal length (f9) - the 8 incher is only 1800mm or so.
He said the 8 inchers will be in next month, the 10 inchers around July, and the 12 and 16 inchers (gasp) later.
Definitely something to consider,
Ron
Anything about pricing for the 8" and 10". Sounds like you held the 8".
Also did anyone see the new GSO RCs or what that a no show?
S
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Wmacky
professor emeritus
Reged: 11/24/07
Posts: 547
Loc: Middleburg Fl US
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8" = $3000.00
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William
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Siguy
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Reged: 01/05/08
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Loc: Massachusetts
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I remember the 8'' as about $2500. Or maybe that was the model there?
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Astronomics
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6 = $1295
8 = $2995 Quartz optics, carbon fiber tube, working on dielectric coatings, Feather Touch Focuser, hard case
10 = $4995 Same options as the 8
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Benjamin B
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Reged: 06/21/04
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Very interesting. I wonder how this scopes are for visual.
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tboss70
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 11/25/05
Posts: 1990
Loc: Missouri
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Hmmmmm? I'll be following this a little more closely. Anyone have pictures? A website?
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Todd
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JerryWise
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Gulp........... Me too Todd.
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Jerry
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Benjamin B
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I want to see pictures and if they will be a good choice for visual as well. What the CO is and focal length. I want to now more 
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LLEEGE
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Gulp........... Me too Todd.
Me three. 
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gatorengineer
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Reged: 02/28/05
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Loc: Hellertown, PA
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Are these the Guang sheng (spelling is wrong), rumored RC's? Wonder if this is what Stargazer was saying was comming......
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Jason B
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Hey guys,
I have a bunch of pics of the new RC that I will post when I get back in town Monday night. Just hang in there...
Jason
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Siguy
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Reged: 01/05/08
Posts: 367
Loc: Massachusetts
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Yep. They're the new GSO RCs.
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Pasquale
Encrypted
Reged: 10/12/05
Posts: 2078
Loc: Olympia, Washington
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Man, that new R-C has me intrigued to the max. As others have asked, at f/9 will this scope perform visually as well? I'm assuming it'll be a nice scope for photography...
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Strgazr27
Scope Junkie
Reged: 10/04/04
Posts: 6012
Loc: StonyHill Observatory
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I had the pleasure of testing one of the proto's for Mike and even with a stock GSO focuser cobbled on the back it was pretty dam impressive.
The piece I had was the one on display at NEAF minus the fully baffled tube and FT focuser. Fighting the GSO focuser I was able to run 7 roddiers on the scope and not one was below 1/12-14th wave and strehls ran from 97's to almost 99.
I'm hoping to get the 8" back again to try with a QHY-8.
I did not do any visual with it but in all honesty you really wouldn't do much visual use with a "Real" RC anyway. There are quite a few scopes that would offer up the same/better performance from a visual standpoint . The difference becomes apparent the minute you hook a camera to it. With the 2" focuser your looking at a 44mm+ image circle with very nice star shapes to the edge. I was not able to run any CCDInspector reports on it but it looked pretty dam flat using a 40D sized chip.
CS's
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StonyHill Observatory
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Talstarone
Vendor (Inner Planetary Products)
Reged: 09/12/06
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Loc: Benson, North Carolina
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Very Interesting,Indeed.I would be very interested in seeing pics of the scope,as well as hearing how it performs .
I wonder also what hi-end features will be left off of the 6inch model to keep the price low for an RC design.
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jrcrilly
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I want to see pictures and if they will be a good choice for visual as well. What the CO is and focal length. I want to now more
This is all I took (sorry!).
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