>Let's see... without digging out the receipts roughly
>
>Celestron NexStar 8i SE XLT 1,500 USD
>Heavy-Duty tripod 240 USD
>Denkmeier S2 Power Switch diagonal 500 CDN
>Televue 8-24 Click Stop Zoom eyepiece 200 USD
>Orion 9x50 RACI finder ~100 CDN
>Starlight Instruments FeatherTouch Microfocuser 180 USD
>Kendrick DigiFire 10 Temperature Sensing Controller ~160 USD
>Celestron NexImage CCD camera ~130 CDN
>Baader UV/IR cut filter ~50 USD
>Ray's Bracket 100 USD
>
>+ some more accessories

That's quite an investment.