Since I turned 50 a couple of weeks ago and had a frustrating experience with my old Orion StarBlast telescope a couple of days later, I decided to finally break down and buy the telescope of my dreams. Behold!
8" Meade LX200-ACF Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, with full computer control and a 142,000 object preprogrammed into it's GOTO controller.
I've dreamt about having a scope like this for as long as I can remember, and now that I'm older and financially well off I've decided to finally let myself have a nice toy for a change! I also bought a really big eyepeice to go with it - a TeleVue 41mm Panoptic lens, which itself cost more than all of my old telescope gear combined! I'm also going to get more gear, too, especially a nice astro imaging setup. It's time to shoot the stars, baby!
Another expensive hobby: astronomy
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