If I ever do get rich...

[jgraz]

I'm gonna have one helluva pair of binoculars. :D

http://www.telescope.com/control/product/~product_id=09162

[Drale]

1. I would buy

my own movie theater and make sure I can use it to play video games, how awsome would that be lol.

[laconicsax]

2. Awesome.

The expected ship date is 1/31/2012, so you have some time.

[n2doc]

3. If you were really rich you could build something like the Keck foundation does

But this would do for a household toy!

[jgraz]

4. Well, since I have the same probability of both, I might as well think big.

:D

[laconicsax]

5. Why stop at 50"?

I should have included this in my other comment, but if you get enough smaller mirrors, you could arrange them parabolically and make an astronomical inferometer way more powerful than that 50" monster.

[jgraz]

6. There's no limit to the size of telescopes I'll never be able to afford.

[laconicsax]

7. That's the spirit!

To infinity and beyond!

[txlibdem]

10. By Grabthar's Hammer, I will avenge you!

If, that is, your big telescope falls on top of you or something...

[denbot]

8. Holy crap. How would you view anything halfway to zenith.

You would need a cherry-picker capable of circling the scope. Just a ladder would get you high enough, but you would also need to keep up with the eye piece, as the scope tracks the object.

[jgraz]

9. If you can afford a $123,000 telescope, you can probably afford a big step ladder.

I get the impression that Orion is selling this as a "portable" scope. :shrug: