Luckily, the scope itself was well padded and there was no evidence of surface damage to it. And it went through the wooden inner panel which was cracked. On opening the box, the first thing I saw was a big dent in the nicely textured aluminum case. In a gratifyingly short time, I got the bill for the remainder and it arrived. I placed the advance to reserve a TMB 130.
#130mm refractor telescope free#
I would be free to keep or sell the AP, and I could stop fearing it. I saw the 130mm TMB Signature apo as my No Fear scope-I wanted there to be no perceptible inferiority to the AP, so that my internal devils of guilt, excess, possessiveness and college tuition could battle it out at their leisure. Do you party with the Hope Diamond as your bling? Do you chug ‘47 Cheval Blanc to wash down that whopper with cheese? All I could think of, every time I used it, was that first $2000 “ding”. I love the AP, yet after breaking the bank on it and then seeing its value rise to absurd levels, I had become afraid of it. I had caught the apo bug from a retro Vixen 90mm fluorite and previously owned several of the new 80mm “apo” doublets as well as a Borg 101ED. Now I was no newcomer to the madness that comes from premium apos, having used a Traveler and recently obtaining an AP 130 EDF of latest vintage. His involvement in this scope’s design dissipated any lingering reservations about this being too-good-to-be-true. before his premature and tragic death, was apparently much-loved and very talented, and had become a trusted icon in the amateur astronomy community. Back using pricey and desirable Ohara FPL-53 glass and the latest multicoatings, the mere idea of such a scope drove apo-lovers nuts with desire, myself included. Designed as an air-spaced triplet by the late-great Thomas M. This scope was announced with major fanfare as the first reasonably-priced and available premium apochromatic refractor of at least 5” aperture.
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