I had 4 at the time of voting, I’m currently down to two, but would like to get a 3rd to cover longer focal length work.
ToupTek HOPE D60 - 60mm f/4.66 quintuplet APO. 280mm F/L
Sharpstar 15028HNT - 6” F/2.8 newtonian. 420mm F/L
Next scope I’d like would be an 8” F/6 newt ~ 1200mm F/L or a 10” RC with 0.67 reducer to cover me through galaxy season.
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Alex Nicholas · Apr 27, 2026, 12:08 AM
I had 4 at the time of voting, I’m currently down to two, but would like to get a 3rd to cover longer focal length work.
ToupTek HOPE D60 - 60mm f/4.66 quintuplet APO. 280mm F/L
Sharpstar 15028HNT - 6” F/2.8 newtonian. 420mm F/L
Next scope I’d like would be an 8” F/6 newt ~ 1200mm F/L or a 10” RC with 0.67 reducer to cover me through galaxy season.
With a scope at longer than 1000mm then you will have a gap between 420mm up to 1000mm or longer, that is why i have 8” f/5 and 6” f/4, so one will give me 1000mm and the other is 600mm, with Paracorr and reducer i can go anywhere between 600mm to 1000mm, or can go wider than 600mm but i have refractors doing that job already, so now i am already covered nicely, i do have 10” RC too, but i can’t decide which reducer to use, 0.8x or 0.75x or 0.67x.
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I personally have 6;
80mm Orion Short Tube refractor
82mm Skywatcher Evolux refractor
90mm Meade Maksutov
125mm Meade Maksutov
6 inch Celestron SCT
12 inch Meade SCT
I don’t use all of them for astrophotography, I use the 82mm, 6inch, and the 12inch for that, the 125mm mak I use for visual lunar and planetary. The 90mm Mak I use sometimes for solar viewing, and the 80mm just sits. Had it for so long I hate to part with it, but then I’ve been in this hobby visually since 1965. Had a couple before this lineup with that being a 50mm tasco table top refractor and an 8inch Meade SCT, which stupidly I sold years ago.
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3x Equatorial Mounts. EQ5, NeQ6, CQ350
2x Star Adventurer trackers
12” Quattro
8” Quattro
8.5” RC
80ED
10” Meade LX200
125 Meade ETX
12” Dobsonian
18” Dobsonian (Arthur)
18” Obsession Dobsonian (Pluto)
20” Homemade Dobsonian (Hector JNR)
25” Obsession Dobsonian (Ptah)
And a Partridge in a pear tree.
I’ve got three OTAs:
SW 150 Espirit
SW Quattro 250
WO Redcat 61
All three are on a SB Paramount MEII mount although I only image with one at a time. I really got tired of switching OTAs.
The setup is on a backyard permanent pier that is operated remotely from a second floor office. I have a custom cover with zippers (for ease of covering-uncovering) and is year round weather-proof.
However, Ohio weather is becoming progressively more cloudy and I’m really considering shipping it all to a remote site in the US.
Michael
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I have loads..
celestron edgeHD 8
Zwo 80FF
Esprit80
Redcat51
Minicat51
Samyang/rokinon 135 ×2
Skymax1300
Skywatcher 750/150 newt
And a coronado solarscope
Reality is though that i only use 3 of them most of the time. EdgeHD and the redcat/minicat are the main ones.
One Samyang 135mm lens, an Askar SQA55 (264mm focal) and an Askar 120APO (672-840mm focal).
So that’s three in total and mostly covers pretty well the range of focal length I can exploit under my seeing. Maybe something in the 400-500mm range might be useful but I feel like my SQA55 is sharp enough that it’s not mandatory.
I can technically field two set up at once, I have enough components for that, but I haven’t tried yet. Maybe I’ll do now that the weather is starting to give more clear nights again.
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A total of 6:
1) Williams Optics Minicat 51
2) Williams Optics Zenithstar 61
3) Skywatcher Evostar 80ED
4) Askar 120 APO
5) Celestron EdgeHD 8
6) Celestron EdgeHD 11
Hello, I own three telescopes: a TS Photoline 80 mm f/7, a TS UNC 150/750 mm carbon Newtonian, and a C8 on a NEQ5 GoTo with OnStep, and I will soon have another mount, the Mlastro SAL33
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Willem Jan Drijfhout · Apr 26, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Dan Brown · Oct 9, 2024 at 10:19 AM
I think my next scope will be a Takahashi CCA-250, if they resume production.
DanDo you have any indication that they will? Amazing scope….
Question is probably when, not if. TAK still lists CCA-250 on their website, unlike their equatorial mounts. So there is hope.
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Let’s call it 3.5:
Edge HD 9.25 + 0.7x reducer + Hyperstar
Askar FRA 300
Samyang 135 f/2, plus various Canon lenses that I can attach to my astro cameras
Current status:
Askar fra300pro
Askar fma180pro
C8
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