Astro-Physics Plants

On 17 Jul 2003 14:18:56 -0700, (Chris.B) wrote:

"Shawn Grant" wrote in message ..

Was it priced reasonably or was it outrageously priced like the refractors?
All scopes of any size, type, shape, style, color and race is immoral if it
is way over priced and placed in the league of the rich man.

There are some things that can only belong in the realm of rich men's
toys Shawn. Ferraris and Lambourginis are so complex and expensive to
make. That they can never be sold at the same price as most Fords,
VW's and Citroens.
Likewise with hand figured optics at the cutting edge of APO
manufacture. If Synta could make & sell them for the price Roland
charges don't you think they would try?

Probably not. Not enough market for them. They'd rather sell 10,000
achros than 100 apos. Now, if they could make them LESS expensive,
they'd have something.
-Rich

On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 00:17:57 GMT, Tom T.
wrote:

Not all of Meade's maks are things to brag about. I've seen some real
lemons.

Tom T.

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 22:29:02 GMT, wrote:

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 07:18:50 -0700, "Jan Owen"
wrote:

This and many similar questions have been discussed and explained here ad
nauseum in the past.

Check Google for a run down.

What is interesting is that Meade can't adapt the technology
they use on their Mak optics (very accurate products) to their
apos.
-Rich

I'm sure some might be slipping through, but my 4" ETX easily
beat my 78mm Tak on Jupiter, something I found surprising.
I've seen though about 50 or 60 of them by now and they've all
been good to excellent except (oddly enough) for one of the prototype
5" units. A 7" I tested against a "good" C8 bested the C8 quite
convincingly on Saturn.
-Rich

Oooops! :-) Sorry Roland for my mis-information about the FastMax MN's
Optics origin. Mark

Hi Cris, Yes, I agree, that a world class Apo is money in the bank.
There are numerous folks who luckily scored AP-180EDT scopes for $5K and
less. Try getting one now for that price! I myself own a world class
Apo, the 5.2" F-12 Apomax made by Fred Mrozek. I would not part with
this scope right now for any less than $6K. (And IMO, it's a deal for
such a great scope)

Still IMO, there are lots of mighty fine scopes out there easily gotten,
that will show more than both my Apomax, and the AP180EDT for a
reasonable amount of money. An Intes-Intes Micro 8" or 10 Mak, or
Mak-Newtonian are very good buys, and Yuri at TEC is making some very
impressive instruments, that are gotten without too long of a wait time.

The biggest obstacle with these type of instruments is slow cool
down/equilibrium (An issue somewhat dependent on where you live) But
improvements are constantly being made by these manufacturers on cool
down issues.

Many folks get antsy perhaps owning, or looking through Newtonians, as
they don't seem to fit the typical scenario to some people of what a
Telescope should be. In my case, I could care less. It's the view
through the eyepiece I care the most about, and these hybrid scopes have
much potential. Clear Skies, Mark