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Hi Phil,
I'm reallly looking forward to this one, but given the state of some of their other new systems, I'm not holding my breath. If you hear its come on line for sure, please let us know.
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Hi Greg,
I plan to attend the webinar. I received an email about it from them today. I think the T70 system in Chile is overpriced. I guess you're paying for the site.
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Have you used their telescopes yet Phil? I was interested, but when the price was converted to NZD, it looked more like a phone number. I would need pretty exceptional 4rsults to make it worth it.
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Thanks Phil
I will have to have another look at their site.
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I attended the webinar on 2022 Aug 5.
Dr. Sasse of iTelescopes showed some images from T80 located at the new site in Spain. As noted above this system is a 135 mm camera lens-based system with a wide field. It looks like a nice system.
Dr. Sasse also said that the plans for the T40 system on LaPalma are dead as that scope is located in a dome. He said that domes & remote users don't play well together. They haven't been able to control a dome remotely. RORO roofs are much simpler to control & are preferred.
They're planning more scopes in Chile because of the weather, but the communications problems may render any weather improvements moot IMHO. Maybe the demand for T70 is just very great.
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Thanks for the update Phil.
I was really looking forward to T40, so that's bad news. A site with good weather and good internet would be great!
I have a preliminary T80 setup and am testing it today, if everything works. As usual, they didn't specify something critical so I have to ask. I'll need to know the widths of the narrow band filters.
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I wonder if they will decide to upgrade to the new multi mirror telescopes (based on DWST) I was reading about. I imagine the price will skyrocket, but can expect some amazing photos from there.
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