From: "Tim" <tjp314@pacbell.net>

Date: February 2, 2007 4:50:10 PM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: New Scope Company

Milton:

I hear tell that the scope is the reincarnation of the Celestron 20"

that was at RTMC a few years ago.  They split off and made a new

company around the scope.

Others may correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like the same scope.

It was impressive, live.

-Tim.

--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, "Milton Aupperle" <milton@...> wrote:

Hi Folks;

Just in case any of you have $32,500 USD burning a hole in your pocket

and have a mount caqable of handling a 140 lb 20" aperture scope,

check out:

http://www.planewaveinstruments.com/

It's an interesting design.

Imagine what sort of imaging one could do of Saturn and the Moon at

3450 mm prime focus lenghts and a 508 mm mirror. With a light bucket

that big, you could shoot Saturn at probably 10 ms exposures and 60

frames per second.

TTYL..

Milton Aupperle