Thanks to Jim Gibson for the "heads up": For once I'm ahead of the curve- Orion has raised the price on the 80mm ED OTA to $499.00, a $70 increase. They also now offer the tube assembly on the Sky View Pro EQ mount, $819 with a "free" RA drive, or $868 with a dual-axis drive. A polar alignment scope is $49.95 additional. There is NO mention of finderscope on-line, that I could see, but a straight-through, 25mm-class scope is pictured in the on-line photo. telescope.com Once at the Orion site, using the search term "80mm ED" you will get both items on the same page. C. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus