Beyond the Price Tag: The Hidden Costs of Ritchey-Chrétien Telescope

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Buying a 6" Ritchey Chretien telescope if fairly inexpensive considering other options. But . . . and this is a huge BUT . . . there are some hidden costs that new owners are often unaware of and can almost triple the cost of the telescope when you are done with your "upgrades" and must "haves!"

*My Astrophotography Gear*
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro and Celestron branded LosmandyG-11 (being rebuilt)
Pier: Homemade pier, yeah!
Telescope (wide angle): Astro Tech 80EDT, F6, 480mm FL
Telescope (long): Third Planet Optics (TPO) 10" Newtonian F/4, 1000mm FL
Telescope (A bit longer): Third Planet Optics 6" RC f/9 1370mm FL
Guide Scope: Skywatcher Evoguide 50mm ED, F/4.8, 242mm FL
Guide Camera: Player One Neptune-M (IMX178 sensor, monochrome)
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 290MM Mini
Astro Camera Monochrome: ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro
Astro Camera Color: ZWO ASI533MC Pro
Filter Wheel: ZWO EFW 2" 7 position
Rotator: Pegasus Astro Falcon Rotator
Focuser: ZWO EAF (on each scope)
Power: Pegasus Pocket Powerbox Advance Gen 2 and Pegasus Pocket Powerbox Micro
Flat Panels: Pegasus Flatmaster 150, and a homemade one for my 10" Newtonian
Software Control PC: Mele Quieter 2 and Mele Quieter 3

*My Astrophotography Software*
Mount control software: Green Swamp Server (controls EQ6r Pro mount)
Mount control software: Gemini 2 (controls G-11 mount)
Pegasus Astro device management software: Pegasus Astro Utility Platform (controls all of my Pegasus Astro devices)
ASCOM 6.6 Platform
Acquisition software: NINA (lastest version)
Guiding software: Phd2 (latest version)
Planetarium software: Stellarium (latest version)
Plate solving software: ASTAP
Plate solving software: Plate Solve 2 from Planwave

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:39 Collimation Tools
05:12 Rack and Pinion Focuser
07:11 EAF Adapter for Focuser
09:51 Discussion of the Costs for RC versus cost of similar focal length refractor
12:02 Oops! Forgot to add the Tilt Adjustment Plate!
13:08 Conclusion
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astrophotography, backyard, bortle 8 skies
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