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Alternatively, you could use a $2000 - $4000 (used price) C14 telescope on a $4000 AP900 (used price) mount, with a $1000 planetary camera. Still a chunk of change.

The only thing you can't buy used is the apparently killer atmospheric conditions he enjoys wherever he shoots.

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Totally agree. I've got the CPC1100 version of the C11 sitting behind me that I bought minus the tripod through an Amazon pallet liquidation. Had to buy the tripod for a total outlay of ~$2k for basically a new scope.

I can easily get Tycho in that same field of view, but the contrast is going to suck and relative clarity be pretty laughable. The fun part is there's a lot to learn, the sucky part is there's a lot to learn :)

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