[AZ-Observing] Re: Orion Telescope Monsters
- From: "Butch David" <jdavid17@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 09:09:09 -0700
Another item to add to the buy list after hitting the big lottery.
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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cary B. Grant,
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 9:06 PM
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Orion Telescope Monsters
Today I received an e-mail from Orion with an interesting ad: their new line
of open truss dobsonians. I had to click on the web link to see the scopes
- 36" for $55,600, 40" for $80,000, and a 50" for $123,000. The ad says
"The premium optics and light-gathering of telescopes found in observatories
and universities are now brought to your home by Orion."
At those prices, if I brought one of those babies home, I couldn't afford to
make my house payment! Realistically, in this economy or any economy, how
many of these scopes does Orion expect to sell to the average amateur
astronomer? It will take a club or an organization to afford these or is
Orion going into the telescope mortgage business.
I was expecting an extension of the SkyQuest line perhaps up to 20" but this
is well beyond that. I'm amazed and wondering what are they thinking?
Maybe they only have to sell one a year to make a profit.
Cary
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