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Dave --

I put some pictures of the new OTA up on the Cats & Casses section of Cloudy Nights. The thread is titled "APM 16" Mak" or something to that effect.

Cheers,
-- Jeff.

O...M...G...!! :shock:

Dave --

I put some pictures of the new OTA up on the Cats & Casses section of Cloudy Nights. The thread is titled "APM 16" Mak" or something to that effect.

Cheers,
-- Jeff.

That's your new grab-and-go Jeyjey is it?

And before you ask, you can not have my TEC140 as a finder.

It's probably more like my grab-and-get-squashed....

But I was thinking a big Mak needs a little Mak finder. Maybe a TEC 6 or even an ETX....

-- Jeff.

Jeff - what's the weight of the OTA? Will it ride on the AP1200?

Also, if one were to purchase such a beast, what would it cost approx? And what kind of quality do APM offer?

Cheers
Dave

But I was thinking a big Mak needs a little Mak finder.

Sounds like you need to take a look here so: www.questarcorporation.com/

Dave --

It's about 100 lbs. Should ride on the AP1200 (although I got on the El Capitan list just in case).

Cost when I ordered it was in line with a 16" RCOS. With the fall in the dollar, the RCOS would actually be cheaper now. I get the impression that APM quality is a bit below AP, but a bit above William Optics, Vixen and Orion Optics. I'm hoping for something along the lines of TEC or Televue, but I won't know for sure until delivery.

-- Jeff.