Posts Made By: Eric Cheu

I have to agree with you to some extent. Many objects are a dissapointment when compared to photographs. However, there are some objects that do look equal or better than photographs (and some look equal and better under rare conditions). That's why I'm mainly a solar/lunar h-alpha observer. Look through some h-alpha scopes, and maybe you'll change your mind about astronomy. Look at M13 through a 14" scope, and possibly if you can find a scope with zambouto mirrors and a night with good seeing, you can take a look at jupiter (where it can look as good as a voyager photograph - although smaller and with slightly muted colors).

I'm guessing this must be the maxscope version. I know of a local guy who has a double stacked 140mm, but he paid way more for it than what this price is...
yeah, I wish I could afford it as well (actually I could afford it, but it would put off my plans of buying a house outright by several years)...
I'd definately would want to look through one of these before deciding whether or not I would buy it.