The NEW Telescope excitement

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Re: The NEW Telescope excitement

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So the credit card company STOPPED the sale because of suspected fraud...

Yes , with that card a week ago I bought a Telescope... it looks suspicious buying a stand for that telescope.
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What looks suspicious is paying twice as much for the base as the Telescope.
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It's windy today... that's from the money sucked from my wallet so fast.
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Gotta Fly...
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I was up ALL night , then it dawned on me...
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Re: The NEW Telescope excitement

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Don't know if this will help, but amateur astronomy is a giant hole in the sky into which you throw money.

Welcome to the hole.
∞ Primary Scopes: #1: Celestron CPC1100 #2: 8" f/7.5 Dob #3: CR150HD f/8 6" frac
∞ AP Scopes: #1: TPO 6" f/9 RC #2: ES 102 f/7 APO #3: ES 80mm f/6 APO
∞ G&G Scopes: #1: Meade 102mm f/7.8 #2: Bresser 102mm f/4.5
∞ Guide Scopes: 70 & 80mm fracs -- The El Cheapo Bros.
∞ Mounts: iOptron CEM70AG, SW EQ6, Celestron AVX, SLT & GT (Alt-Az), Meade DS2000
∞ Cameras: #1: ZWO ASI294MC Pro #2: 662MC #3: 120MC, Canon T3i, Orion SSAG, WYZE Cam3
∞ Binos: 10X50,11X70,15X70, 25X100
∞ EPs: ES 2": 21mm 100° & 30mm 82° Pentax XW: 7, 10, 14, & 20mm 70°

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Re: The NEW Telescope excitement

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planecrazzzy wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 3:29 pm .
So the credit card company STOPPED the sale because of suspected fraud...

Yes , with that card a week ago I bought a Telescope... it looks suspicious buying a stand for that telescope.
.
What looks suspicious is paying twice as much for the base as the Telescope.
.
It's windy today... that's from the money sucked from my wallet so fast.
.
Gotta Fly...
.
This is how astronomers are, living on the edge, stealing credit cards to buy equipment. :D
Scopes: Stellarvue: SV102ED; Celestron: 9.25" EdgeHD, 8" SCT, 150ST, Onyx 80ED; iOptron: Hankmeister 6" Mak; SW: 7" Mak; Meade: 80ST.
Mounts: SW: SkyTee2, AzGTi; iOptron: AZMP; ES: Twilight I; Bresser: EXOS2; UA: MicroStar.
Binos: APM: 100-90 APO; Canon: IS 15x50; Orion: Binoviewer, LG II 15x70, WV 10x50, Nikon: AE 16x50, 10x50, 8x40.
EPs: Pentax: XWs & XFs; TeleVue: Delites, Panoptic & Plossls; ES: 68, 62; Vixen: SLVs; Baader: BCOs, Aspherics, Mark IV.
Diagonals: Baader: BBHS mirror, Zeiss Spec T2 prism, Clicklock dielectric; TeleVue: Evebrite dielectric; AltairAstro: 2" prism.
Filters: Lumicon: DeepSky, UHC, OIII, H-beta; Baader: Moon & SkyGlow, Contrast Booster, UHC-S, 6-color set; Astronomik: UHC.

Observing: DSOs: 3106 (Completed: Messier, Herschel 1, 2, 3. In progress: H2,500: 2180, S110: 77). Doubles: 2407, Comets: 34, Asteroids: 255
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Re: The NEW Telescope excitement

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JayTee wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 8:11 pm Don't know if this will help, but amateur astronomy is a giant hole in the sky into which you throw money.

Welcome to the hole.
Hey , just like Flying. You only need two things to fly ... Airspeed and Money
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Gotta Fly...
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PS You know , when I fly , I look Down.... The rest of the time I look UP.
I was up ALL night , then it dawned on me...
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