22" Obsession UC

Interesting review of it here: www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=2046

and the Obsession website: www.obsessiontelescopes.com/

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Its a big scope for sure!!!
If you get one and need helps setting it up, let me know!!

Throw in a Servo Cat & Argo Nav and there you have it.

And a few top quality ethos and your flying it .

Few the past two months iv actually been very tempted to purchase the 18" F4.2 obsession for its quality to price ratio 4,657 euros for 18 inches of top premium mirror. What bothers me is the customs and charges to get it over here oh and delivery prices?

Back to the 22" UC thats one big/compact scope :laugh:

The UC design is an excellent design but one things that would concern me is the protection from dew the primary mirror has, or more like the lack of it.
I'd bet that this design would be alot more susceptible to dew when compared with the traditional scope.
I know from experience that the traditional scopes primary mirror I've got here will at times begin to dew over late into the night, I use a small heater to clear the dew away. I catch it before it becomes a real problem.
The mirror box itself is wet from dew only after an hour or 2, an unprotected mirror would do the same since a mirror box acts as a dew shield.
With the damp climate we get here, this point is something to consider.

One thing I be worried about with the 22" Uc or any UC would be since the Mirror is so well open extra care would be needed not to drop or scratch it.