RC 700 or The Planewave 1000

Planewave CDK1000 Observatory Buying Advice
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Hey so I own a professional observatory but I have recently been encountering problems with my telescope and mount and everything I currently have the Planewave RC 700 but I want to buy a new telescope like the RC 1000 or CDK 1000 for missions to. So please leave your suggestions bellow I already have the camera and the rest of everything I will also be getting a motorized observatory place in a land in Texas Astro Haven - 7 Foot Dome Automated and Motorized from telescope.net. 


Thanks for your suggestion's 


in regard, Nikolai
Noah Tingey avatar
Noah Tingey avatar
What do you want to do with it?
John Hayes avatar
John Hayes avatar
A 7' dome seems pretty tight for a 1-m scope.  Are you sure that's big enough?  How good is the seeing at your site?  I personally wouldn't bother with a 1-m scope unless you have 1" or better seeing conditions.

John
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