On Saturday, 28 April 2018 02:29:50 UTC-4, Chris.B wrote:
On Saturday, 28 April 2018 02:42:23 UTC+2, RichA wrote:
Interesting. An in-baffle tube field flattener. I'd probably have made it outboard and a f-stop reducer, but this still looks good. Figure maybe $5000 for the OTA and $10,000 for a mounted scope. The mount will likely include modern electronics, perhaps Goto. Scroll near the bottom of the page.

https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/5...estar-5/page-8

Can I have one with rhinestones, please? Thank you.

Premium, American-made telescopes aren't aimed at everyone, just like $4000 Zeiss binoculars, $8000 Leica cameras, $120,000 Mercedes cars, etc.