Yesterday at the NorthEast Astronomy Forum I saw something that might be revolutionary. It was a prototype 8'' RC made by GSO and sold by Astronomics under the Astro-Tech label. The finished model with a carbon fiber tube and better optics will be $2995. There will also be a 6'' for $1295 and a 10'' for $4995. Sure, they're twice the price of Meade ACF, but they are true Ritchey-Chretiens and are still much less than half the price of the RCs on the market right now. Some might cringe at the thought of a "made in China" RC, but this could be the beginning of affordable (I'm using "affordable" somewhat loosely) flat-field astrographs!

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