There's an old saying in astronomy: What my wife doesn't know won't kill me.
Really, it'd be like $1200. The grand is probably without the eyepiece and finder scope. Maybe more like $1500. Theoretically I could do this. Damn my daughter for sucking off vital resources from my nocturnal activities. College is a scam. She doesn't need that. I need an H-alpha. This is going to be my inner quest - a private obsession. I can do this.