I'm selling my scope, guys, you got the wrong scope!!

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:43 am

Lads, after reading this review, I'm selling my scope, god how did I not find this before?????

http://www.siriusstargazers.com/Sirius% ... ession.htm

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:45 am

haha, this one is for real
http://www.cruxis.com/scope/scope1070.htm

I swear this is not a composite image!

Tom Walsh · Post by **Tom Walsh** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:07 pm

Jesus

Roy Stewart · Post by **Roy Stewart** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:13 pm

F* ME......
Makes you feel like less of a man now Dave.......
........Ha Ha, that thing is huge...
M13 through that would be almost as bright
as a full moon....

Cheers Roy

(*Language boys! - Frank)

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:17 pm

yip, I feel totally inadequate

I need to buy a towbar.

Frank Ryan · Post by **Frank Ryan** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:46 pm

Nice.
Hey must really trust the strength of that
tow hitch!

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:28 am

22" dob here for Â£3500
stargazerslounge.com/sale/138147-22-dobs...ng-drive-system.html

you know you can do it.... !

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:59 pm

Roy,
have you seen
http://www.irishastronomy.org/index.php ... d=40#89080
its a good price and you could probably knock it down more, I'd be willing to acess the scope with you if you were interested if you like.
Its not a refined design and you might probabily have to get out the jigsaw cutter to get rid of excess weight
http://www.telescopehouse.com/acatalog/ ... onian.html

review
http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=1674

http://www.meade.com/manuals/TelescopeM ... bridge.pdf
its main drawback is the weight and that you'd need a servocat junior or JMI Train and Track system to goto-ise it.

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:23 pm

sweet mother of god, wouldnt you just love to own this!!
http://www.astromart.com/articles/artic ... cle_id=816
you might think, until you read the review.,
I'd never touch a webster scope or keneddy mirror after reading this !!!!

Frank Ryan · Post by **Frank Ryan** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 12:07 am

Looks like the one he got is frought with problems.
Maybe a case of manufacturer biting off
more than they can chew.
Does Obsession go this big?

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 12:18 am

nope, they did a handfull of 30"s but discontinued them, and to quote kreige
"they nearly killed my staff".
Whats in this review is a pity, Ive heard good things about keneddy mirrors, this guys was about one full wave accurate, thats complete crap, chemist shop quality, you wouldnt see that in a tasco scope.
and christ, did you read about the "mods" he had to do to the scope itself, no bloody way would I put up with that in a new from the manufacturer scope, makes me appreciate the obsessionator more.

All the same what an excellent review, so many of them out there glow with too much praise, suffer from "its super cos I own it-itis" although its usually easy to pick them out.

For me, any gear I have is out the door as soon as something better comes along for an equivilant price, those ethos's are getting cheaper by the month on astromart

I'm considering selling the 14mm, 20mm or 26mm and getting 2 ethos's instead, maybe.

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 11:46 am

ya know, while pricing up new eyepieces I found this review which reminded me of the device
http://www.scopereviews.com/page3e.html
the Collins I3, an expensive device but gives you a 2-3x aperture boost, so I'm going to put the new eyepiece idea aside and concentrate on this thing.
I think everyone one there should own one, the pros/cons at the end of the review sum it up perfectly.

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:55 am

hahaha, do you think he'd take a post dated out of state cheque

http://www.astromart.com/classifieds/de ... _id=734303

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:56 pm

and they just get bigger !!
http://www.cruxis.com/scope/scope1100.htm

Roy Stewart · Post by **Roy Stewart** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:04 pm

OMG, That thing is amazing..
Yeah I gotta build a bigger shed
to house that..
You'd needs the whole other side of
the carpark for yourself with that thing..

Cheers Roy