Glassthrower
Vendor - Galactic Stone & Ironworks
Reged: 04/07/05
Posts: 16348
Loc: Kuiper Belt
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This is a continuation of the previous thread, which is located here :
Previous ad thread
A few reminders :
1) do not post your own ads or the ads of your friends. This is considered sale promotion in the open forums and this is a violation of the CN TOS. Please post such ads in the S&S forum or the CNC.
2) do not post photos from ads unless you have the permission of the person who took the photo. If you must have some reference to the photo in the post, then post a link to the photo, not the photo itself.
3) do not post the entire ad text (or large blocks of it) without permission from the author.
4) try to concentrate on the item for sale and not the seller.
5) Buyer beware - there are some scams floating around, so do your homework before pursuing any ad.
6) CN is in no way responsible for the content of these linked ads.
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Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars.
Meteorites, Moon Rocks, Mars Rocks, Tektites, Fossils, Minerals, Crystals, & Trinitite.
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BRisley
sage
Reged: 09/04/06
Posts: 345
Loc: SW Florida
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Hey Mike, this is up your way!
Cave 10"
http://sarasota.craigslist.org/pho/1192441746.html
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3 C-8's (2 OT 72/80 and SPC-8)
8" f5 Dob
Meade 4450 on EQ-2
Meade 4501 on EQ-2
Tasco 4.5" on EQ-2
Tasco Starguide 60GT
C-90/Cometron Sky Scanner 80 mounted tandem in a C-8 Fork
Cometron CO-62
Meade 11x80 Bino
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tim53
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 12/17/04
Posts: 1440
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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Now THAT's expensive!
-Tim.
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"We`re just waiting looking skyward as the days come down.
Someone promised there`d be answers, if we stayed around."
-Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, "The Romance of the Telescope"
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k9yr
member
Reged: 05/21/08
Posts: 20
Loc: North of Chicago
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Just picked up a Tasco 12TE 60mm refractor that was posted on Chicago Craigslist for $50....had to sneak it in the house... Pretty good shape, but needs some cleaning, brand new condition...I don't think so!
http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/for/1188837400.html
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Garrett Optical 100mm F5.3 45 degree BT
13.1" F4.5 Homebrew Dobsonian w/ DSC circa 1983
16" F4.5 Truss Dob under construction
Meade 8800 8" F4.5 reflector on a GEM
Criterion 8000 8" SCT
Meade ETX 105
4" F4 dobsonian
Edited by k9yr (05/28/09 06:49 PM)
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CHASLX200
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 09/29/07
Posts: 1808
Loc: Tampa area Florida
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I may jump on that Cave since its 90 miles south of me.
Chas
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JamesE
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 10/22/07
Posts: 1112
Loc: Westbank, BC, Canada
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Go Chas Go! You've been looking for one for awhile. Tell em, the decimal place is wrong and should be $200.
Good luck.
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James
(Thanks to Attilla for the Clear Sky charts)
Current Projects : Tasco 15TEA - 3 inch pier mounted planetary scope
Priorities : Wife, Kids
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nykaver
member
Reged: 11/07/07
Posts: 66
Loc: Danbury, CT
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If I'm not mistaken, you can buy a new D&G objective for about the same money.
http://tiny.cc/BoP7f
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1958 Schaefer 8" f/8
Unitron 4" Mod 150
Zeiss AS63/840
Zeiss Asiola
Orange C8, C11
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AlienFirstClass
professor emeritus
Reged: 02/13/09
Posts: 738
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Quote:
Go Chas Go! You've been looking for one for awhile. Tell em, the decimal place is wrong and should be $200.
Good luck.
It was priced at $6000.
You have a seller who thinks it is gold...I would walk the other direction.
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BRisley
sage
Reged: 09/04/06
Posts: 345
Loc: SW Florida
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Here is a JCP refractor in box! Mike, this is around your area and only $25! Looks to be complete!
Brian
http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/for/1195563496.html
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3 C-8's (2 OT 72/80 and SPC-8)
8" f5 Dob
Meade 4450 on EQ-2
Meade 4501 on EQ-2
Tasco 4.5" on EQ-2
Tasco Starguide 60GT
C-90/Cometron Sky Scanner 80 mounted tandem in a C-8 Fork
Cometron CO-62
Meade 11x80 Bino
Edited by BRisley (05/30/09 12:02 AM)
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mikey cee
Post Laureate
Reged: 01/18/07
Posts: 3517
Loc: bellevue ne.
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Right on man! That box is worth the $25. Can't go wrong on this one!  Mike
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7x35 and 10x50 sears tower binocs, 3" f/10 edmunds reflector, 2.4" f/11.7 manon refractor, 6" f/8 jaegers refractor, "The 8 Ball" 8" f/13.3 brandt refractor, 3" f/15.8 sans&streiffe refractor, 3.1" f/15 selsi refractor(towa 339), 2.4" f/15 sears refractor, selsi 30x30mm spyglass, criterion 5-draw 25x45x75x spyglass(1957), 4.25" f/14.8 tasco 20te.
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CHASLX200
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 09/29/07
Posts: 1808
Loc: Tampa area Florida
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Quote:
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Go Chas Go! You've been looking for one for awhile. Tell em, the decimal place is wrong and should be $200.
Good luck.
I may go $1500 if it's in very good shape.
Chas
It was priced at $6000.
You have a seller who thinks it is gold...I would walk the other direction.
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Telescopeman54
Vendor - Trapezium Telescopes & Services, LLC.
Reged: 08/17/07
Posts: 1541
Loc: New Hampshire
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Both the owner of the Cave is a wee bit off, me thinks! Off his rocker!
Those Jaegers lenses are very, very good! Also, there aren't too many out there to be had. I have had several and still have one and won't sell it unless I'm on the verge of living under a bridge! All things considered, that may not be too bad for an unused lens. Yes, D&G makes a very good lens. Quite comparable, really. Still, I'd put my Jaegers up against one of Barry's lenses any day. It would be a darned close contest, probably a tie. If one could get this lens for about $800.00 I'd jump on it. I'm just not in the market for it.
Steve
Steve
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Stephen Forbes - President
Trapezium Telescopes & Services, LLC
61 Valhalla Farm Road
Hillsboro, NH 03244
Web: http://TrapeziumTelescopes.com
Email: Stephen.Forbes@TrapeziumTelescopes.com
Phone: 1.603.325.0619
6" f/15 Jaegers refractor on GOTO GEM
5.1" f/8 Burgess on CG-5 w/ iOptron GOTONOVA
102mm f/7 refractor on iOptron Mini Tower
1975 Celestron Orange Tube C8 on Equatorial Mini Tower
1978 RV-6 on iOptron Mini Tower
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Glassthrower
Vendor - Galactic Stone & Ironworks
Reged: 04/07/05
Posts: 16348
Loc: Kuiper Belt
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Quote:
Here is a JCP refractor in box! Mike, this is around your area and only $25! Looks to be complete!
Brian
http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/for/1195563496.html
I'm not in the market yet, but 50mm sounds right up Preston's alley! 
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Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars.
Meteorites, Moon Rocks, Mars Rocks, Tektites, Fossils, Minerals, Crystals, & Trinitite.
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Happy-Idiot
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 04/06/06
Posts: 2802
Loc: 3rd Rock
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Quote:
Both the owner of the Cave is a wee bit off, me thinks! Off his rocker!
Those Jaegers lenses are very, very good! Also, there aren't too many out there to be had. I have had several and still have one and won't sell it unless I'm on the verge of living under a bridge! All things considered, that may not be too bad for an unused lens. Yes, D&G makes a very good lens. Quite comparable, really. Still, I'd put my Jaegers up against one of Barry's lenses any day. It would be a darned close contest, probably a tie. If one could get this lens for about $800.00 I'd jump on it. I'm just not in the market for it.
Steve
Steve
Steve, you are the Giant Lens Jaegers expert so this is a question for you and not a statement. Is there a difference between the old Jaegers, and the new stock Jaegers lens? Did any survive the fire? And the new stock lens are they from the original Japanese company they use to buy from or Chinese company? It would be nice to find out before buying, the ad says thr fire was 18yrs ago yet he says the lens is 15yrs-20yrs old and bought 13yrs ago from original owner, i am sure the lens is nice either way but is there a difference? I am not trying to shy anyone away from the lens i just want to protect all here from over spending. On the other hand if it is from before the fire it is a rare and great find. Basically ask questions and be sure of what you are purchasing.
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tim53
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 12/17/04
Posts: 1440
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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I'd like to know the answer to that question, too. I've never seen a new Jaegers lens, and would love to hear if anyone has one or looked through one.
I have 3 6" Jaegers lenses. An f/5 that a late friend of mine built into a nice OTA; an f/10 that I built an OTA for about 10 years ago; and an f/15 that I have yet to complete an OTA for.
All three of these were alleged to be early 60's vintage. The f/10 has some discoloration on the coatings, but is a great visual planetary and visual/imaging DSO performer (it does great with planetary imaging if I shoot monochrome). The f/15 has a small chip at one edge. It's in a non-factory cell, and I suspect someone tightened the retaining ring too much. The chip is colored out with a black felt marker. I was told it's never been in a scope. It's very clean, too.
-Tim.
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"We`re just waiting looking skyward as the days come down.
Someone promised there`d be answers, if we stayed around."
-Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, "The Romance of the Telescope"
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clintwhitman
Caveman
Reged: 01/01/07
Posts: 2427
Loc: ValVerde CA(SoEasyaCavemanCanD...
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Tim you will have to come up to the ranch and look thru the Unipons Early 60s 6" f15 pefect shape and a perfect star pattern!!!  Its views are amazing
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Clint&Debbie Whitman (aveman
1960s 6"F15 Jaegers-Unipons by John Pons on a Byers 812, 1947 4" F15 TINSLEY, 1965 10" F8 CAVE, 1950 5CM & 6.5CM Nippon Kogakus (the twins), 1960s UNITRONS a 152 restored a 160 numbered green lens original mint a 114 original 50s mint, 1950s UNITRON M100 100mm F15 OTA, WO 80mm Florite, ASTROPHYSICS 155 EDFS on LOSMANDY G11, a bunch of Tascos,Sears Mayflowers The list goes on Add infinitum.
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tim53
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 12/17/04
Posts: 1440
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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I'd like that!
-Tim
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"We`re just waiting looking skyward as the days come down.
Someone promised there`d be answers, if we stayed around."
-Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, "The Romance of the Telescope"
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heatmizer
member
Reged: 01/22/09
Posts: 29
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Milwaukee Craigslist wish I had the cash.
Meade LX200 EMC 10
http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/pho/1197267899.html
Edited by heatmizer (05/31/09 10:44 AM)
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mustgobigger
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 06/12/07
Posts: 2421
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Carton Telescope On The Bay carton
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RV-6
Meade 826
Meade 880 Deluxe
Unitron's 114,128,140,142,150,152,155,160
4" Jaegertron
4.5" A.E f/14 Refractor
4" f/15 Edmund's Refractor
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CHASLX200
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 09/29/07
Posts: 1808
Loc: Tampa area Florida
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Quote:
Milwaukee Craigslist wish I had the cash.
Meade LX200 EMC 10
http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/pho/1197267899.html
$500 is a steal.
Chas
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Compressorguy
sage
Reged: 03/14/09
Posts: 220
Loc: North Carolina
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Guys be suspicious about this add. It was also posted on Charlotte, NC Craigslist about two months ago for the same amount. Same exact photo's. I never contacted the guy. I'm not claiming it's bad just be thorough. I mean $500??? for a complete 10" LX200.
Scott
I'm definitely not the owner of this scope.
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Scott
1976 Cave 10" Deluxe f/6
Late 70's Meade 628 6" f/8
1950's Selsi 80mm X 910mm f/11
1960's Lafayette 60mm X 800mm f/13
2005 Meade 10" LX200GPS f/10
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k9yr
member
Reged: 05/21/08
Posts: 20
Loc: North of Chicago
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I saw that ad also...nice scope for the price
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Garrett Optical 100mm F5.3 45 degree BT
13.1" F4.5 Homebrew Dobsonian w/ DSC circa 1983
16" F4.5 Truss Dob under construction
Meade 8800 8" F4.5 reflector on a GEM
Criterion 8000 8" SCT
Meade ETX 105
4" F4 dobsonian
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okiestarman56
super member
Reged: 04/10/08
Posts: 498
Loc: 36.9'33" N 95.23'29" W
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It's been flagged.
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305mm f/5 GSO 12" DSO
114mm f/7.8 Tasco 4.5" Red Tube
76.2mm f/15.7 Tasco 10te #771027
80mm f/15 Sears 3.1" Refracor #412.4454
60mm f/15 Sears 2.3" Refractor #4 6305-A
60mm f/15 Sears 2.3" Refractor #4451
Plenty of EPs? .965 to 2"
2 LPI's
Home made Denver chair
3-7'x10' light panels
yada yada yada
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CHASLX200
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 09/29/07
Posts: 1808
Loc: Tampa area Florida
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Quote:
Hey Mike, this is up your way!
Cave 10"
http://sarasota.craigslist.org/pho/1192441746.html
I just called the guy selling that 10" Cave. I asked him to put some pics of the scope on his ad. He said he is keeping the pier and legs, so that would just about be a deal breaker for me. Don't think i will find just a Cave pier and legs for sale anytime soon.
My only hope would be that pier and legs from my Meade Research grade mount would fit the Cave EQ- head. It's sure not worth $2k without the pier.
Chas
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Steve_M_M
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 06/09/04
Posts: 976
Loc: Moorpark, CA
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Asahi Pentax 85mm on Astromart. The key here is the drive...it is quite rare. Looks to be complete. This scope is in my top 5 for "wish I did not have to sell" scopes.
Pentax 85
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1956 Goto Optical 6" f15 Observatory Refractor
From the Titan Observatory as featured in S&T 1957-1959
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1961 Nishimura 6" Reflector
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mustgobigger
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 06/12/07
Posts: 2421
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ill go take a look steve as he is right in my backyard.
Brian
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RV-6
Meade 826
Meade 880 Deluxe
Unitron's 114,128,140,142,150,152,155,160
4" Jaegertron
4.5" A.E f/14 Refractor
4" f/15 Edmund's Refractor
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Happy-Idiot
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 04/06/06
Posts: 2802
Loc: 3rd Rock
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E-vilbay ad Someone buy this before the kid pokes that stick into the objective. Not a bad deal if you are in the area.
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Brian
A small scope that gets used often is a better investment than a big scope that stays in the closet.
Unitrons, you spend more time looking at them than you do through them.
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Happy-Idiot
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 04/06/06
Posts: 2802
Loc: 3rd Rock
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Look what just popped up on our classifieds.  HERE I just wish he had better feedback and i would jump on them. Maybe he has an Astromart account he can give more feedback on. Good luck to whomever gets these.
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Brian
A small scope that gets used often is a better investment than a big scope that stays in the closet.
Unitrons, you spend more time looking at them than you do through them.
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teast
professor emeritus
Reged: 11/10/07
Posts: 500
Loc: Kentucky
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Can anyone identify this? It looks like it might have possibilities.
Old brass refractor
I'm not the seller.
-Tom
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johnjlove
member
Reged: 01/02/06
Posts: 41
Loc: Colorado
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... on the Ft. Collins, CO Craig's List. For $50 it's a steal.
http://fortcollins.craigslist.org/for/1198480431.html
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teast
professor emeritus
Reged: 11/10/07
Posts: 500
Loc: Kentucky
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Just ran across this on Cincinnati craigslist. Asking price seems high but they note they are open to best offers:
4.5" Edmunds Newtonian
I'm not the seller.
-Tom
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rmollise
Post Laureate
Reged: 07/06/07
Posts: 4565
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Quote:
Just ran across this on Cincinnati craigslist. Asking price seems high but they note they are open to best offers:
4.5" Edmunds Newtonian
I'm not the seller.
-Tom
High? Yeah. Outrageous even for the red tube version which is far less desirable than the older models.
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Uncle Rod
Rod's New Book:
Choosing and Using a New CAT
Available now!
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mustgobigger
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 06/12/07
Posts: 2421
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Large Antique Brass Telescope.
St Louis and Bardou & Son .
38" long and 4" in diameter.
buy it now $575.00
not mine.
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RV-6
Meade 826
Meade 880 Deluxe
Unitron's 114,128,140,142,150,152,155,160
4" Jaegertron
4.5" A.E f/14 Refractor
4" f/15 Edmund's Refractor
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Binary Star
member
Reged: 09/04/08
Posts: 37
Loc: N.E. Ohio
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Unitron 142 that looks to be in good shape. The ad is asking for $1000 firm.
http://akroncanton.craigslist.org/clt/1198162937.html
This is not my ad.
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Meade SN6/LXD55
Antares 8" Newtonian f4.9
Meade 4500 4.5" f8
Celestron/Vixen Firstscope 80
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Binary Star
member
Reged: 09/04/08
Posts: 37
Loc: N.E. Ohio
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This looks like a pretty good deal for an 8" Meade Starfinder. Asking price is $250.
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/for/1201121655.html
The ad was placed in the Pittsburgh area, but the 'scope is actually out in the sticks near Indiana, PA.
Not my ad.
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Meade SN6/LXD55
Antares 8" Newtonian f4.9
Meade 4500 4.5" f8
Celestron/Vixen Firstscope 80
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aa5te
Genial Procrastinator
Reged: 08/30/08
Posts: 425
Loc: Clinton, TN
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Coulter Odyssey 13.1" in Johnson City, TN for $400:
Scope
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Binos: Apogee 25x100 / Burgess Optical 25x100 / Pentax 20x60 PCF WP / Tasco InFocus 10x50
Tripods: Sunpak PlatinumPlus Ultra 7500TM / Quickset Samson
Refractors: Meade DS-2102AT-TC 102mm f/7.8; Sears Discoverer 3 (4454) 80mm f/15; Jason 313 Discoverer 60mm f/15.2
Reflectors (Dob): Hardin Optical DSH10 10" f/5
EP's: Zoom: Zhumell 8-24mm & Circle K 7.5-22.5mm 0.965"; 9-52mm Plössls; Zhumell 2x barlow
Kodak Z760; Orion SteadyPix camera mount
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Starpoke
sage
Reged: 11/14/07
Posts: 275
Loc: Western Montana
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I don't know that something I lusted for in the early 80's qualifies for "Vintage" but it brought back memories of agonizing scope lust: "Still out of reach" when I was totally in awe of the high tech features like moto focus and digital setting circles. Image, A Scope that actually knew when you were pointing it wrong! Clear skies and hope to all
Glenn
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152nn f9 Starfire Apo on Schaefer AT-4 Mount
94mm f7 Brandon Apo on ASGT (or Polaris when AGST is on the fritz.)
WO Zenithstar 66 f6 ED Pretzval on UA Microstar
Tasco 7TE-5 60mm. f16.7 EQ Refractor.
Celestron C-60E f15 on Polaris
Celestron CO 62 Cometron f5
Meade 390 90mm f11 on Mizar m-4
Tasco 8V
eyepieces, books, some old scopes and mounts - ect.
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VanJan
sage
Reged: 07/09/08
Posts: 222
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http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewitem.asp?itemID=4864759
From what I've learned in this forum, a very nice classic. But in looking closely at the photos in the ad, whoever repackaged the scope did a very poor job. Note especially that perhaps the finderscope stalk may be pressing against the unprotected(?) obective lens? And that the mount is not resting in its proper styrofoam hole; nor is the tube secured in its rings. I hate to think what might happen to this fine telescope if it is shipped the way it is currently repackaged. Perhaps this could be remedied by the seller before shipping; perhaps someone from CN in the Omaha area will snag it and pick it up. Can't bid on it myself, but I hope a CN member gets it and receives it in good shape.
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David E
Post Laureate
Reged: 05/25/06
Posts: 3020
Loc: North Carolina
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Eyepiece tray on EBay.
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David E
If you keep a stack of old Orion catalogs in your bathroom, you might be an astro-redneck.
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mikey cee
Post Laureate
Reged: 01/18/07
Posts: 3517
Loc: bellevue ne.
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I just returned from a 5-mile round trip to the Goodwill in Omaha. The scope is a Pentax J60. The mount is altazimuth. The optics are in excellent condition. The objective is capped and is air-spaced. Dewcap has a solar cap on it also. The crosshairs are intact but way off due to someones taking the eyepiece off of the finder. Comes with a mirrored diagonal, 25k, 12.5k and a 6or. Looks to me to be complete and in very clean condition. It's made in Japan so probably is a late 80's or early 90's. I don't know on the other hand where the later Pentaxes are made. Odd thing about this is that the foam is made for the J80 also. Therefore the finder and bracket doesn't fit where it looks like it should go. There is also a cutout for a poro prism but it is not there or listed in the manual.  Maybe it was included in the J80 pkg. Legs and tray are like new. Little paint scuffing on the finder....par for the course with scopes like these. Metal tubing, threaded dewcap, plastic knobs,and maybe the finder's tailpiece. Eyepieces are very clean but aren't stamped Pentax. Box is in good shape, with a 5 page manual. If you are a Pentax collector it would be worth your consideration. Mike P.S. Also includes sun filter and at least 99% of the caps if not all. Serial #601347.
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7x35 and 10x50 sears tower binocs, 3" f/10 edmunds reflector, 2.4" f/11.7 manon refractor, 6" f/8 jaegers refractor, "The 8 Ball" 8" f/13.3 brandt refractor, 3" f/15.8 sans&streiffe refractor, 3.1" f/15 selsi refractor(towa 339), 2.4" f/15 sears refractor, selsi 30x30mm spyglass, criterion 5-draw 25x45x75x spyglass(1957), 4.25" f/14.8 tasco 20te.
Edited by mikey cee (06/03/09 02:36 PM)
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desertrefugee
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 08/06/07
Posts: 1215
Loc: Arizona
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Quote:
I just returned from a 5-mile round trip to the Goodwill in Omaha.
You mean you didn't take it home???
Mikey, you are to be recognized for showing such remarkable restraint.
I wouldn't have been able to do that.
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"Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place are lost." - Milton
-Darrell
Reflectors - 76 to 305mm (f4.7 to f9.2)
Refractors - 50 to 120mm (f5 to f16.7)
Binoculars - 6x15 to 22x100
N. Phoenix, AZ
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mikey cee
Post Laureate
Reged: 01/18/07
Posts: 3517
Loc: bellevue ne.
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Darrell.....I just didn't feel like I need it. I have no use for an altazimuth scope. Maybe I don't get it about a Pentax value. If it were a 50's or 60's in a wood box. Maybe I'm nuts. Guess I have enough scopes that will do it for me. I'm not in this stuff to buy low and sell high either. Some are....I just don't look at it that way I guess. It's probably that I don't know enough about these items.= to appreciate them. Mike
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7x35 and 10x50 sears tower binocs, 3" f/10 edmunds reflector, 2.4" f/11.7 manon refractor, 6" f/8 jaegers refractor, "The 8 Ball" 8" f/13.3 brandt refractor, 3" f/15.8 sans&streiffe refractor, 3.1" f/15 selsi refractor(towa 339), 2.4" f/15 sears refractor, selsi 30x30mm spyglass, criterion 5-draw 25x45x75x spyglass(1957), 4.25" f/14.8 tasco 20te.
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CHASLX200
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 09/29/07
Posts: 1808
Loc: Tampa area Florida
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Quote:
Hey Mike, this is up your way!
Cave 10"
http://sarasota.craigslist.org/pho/1192441746.html
The guy now has pics of that 10" Cave on his ad. It looks like a older Cave from the 60's.
Chas
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terrapin
super member
Reged: 03/15/09
Posts: 146
Loc: Oakland, CA
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Red-tube Odyssey 8 on SF Bay Area craigslist for $75. Includes an upgraded focuser. Great price...if I didn't already have one, I'd grab this.
(I'm not the seller.)
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strdst
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 03/23/08
Posts: 830
Loc: Oregon USA
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Hey Mike,
Thanks for checking out MY scope so throughly! I caught that one last night and started the bidding, but I see I've already been outbid! sheesh, $45 doesn't buy much these days Kinda young for my taste anyway. Oh well, plenty of time to rethink this one.
other Keith
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tim53
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Posts: 1440
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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Quote:
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Hey Mike, this is up your way!
Cave 10"
http://sarasota.craigslist.org/pho/1192441746.html
The guy now has pics of that 10" Cave on his ad. It looks like a older Cave from the 60's.
Chas
Looks more like an 8", unless that mount's bigger than I think it is.
-Tim.
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"We`re just waiting looking skyward as the days come down.
Someone promised there`d be answers, if we stayed around."
-Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, "The Romance of the Telescope"
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CHASLX200
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 09/29/07
Posts: 1808
Loc: Tampa area Florida
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I will offer to buy just the OTA. A Cave mount without it's pier and legs is pretty much usless to me.
My Meade Research grade mount should work fine with that Cave OTA.
Chas
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refractory
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 02/05/05
Posts: 1233
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So buy it anyway and make a reverse binoscope...
Jess Tauber
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tim53
Pooh-Bah
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Posts: 1440
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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Did someone already post this one? RV-6
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"We`re just waiting looking skyward as the days come down.
Someone promised there`d be answers, if we stayed around."
-Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, "The Romance of the Telescope"
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terrapin
super member
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Posts: 146
Loc: Oakland, CA
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Hmm...not a bad idea.
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terrapin
super member
Reged: 03/15/09
Posts: 146
Loc: Oakland, CA
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Sears 4454 80/1200 for $60 on Knoxville craigslist. Wood box. Wow!
(I'm not the seller.)
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okiestarman56
super member
Reged: 04/10/08
Posts: 498
Loc: 36.9'33" N 95.23'29" W
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Great price. Just ask the Better Half--if looks could kill.
Jerry
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305mm f/5 GSO 12" DSO
114mm f/7.8 Tasco 4.5" Red Tube
76.2mm f/15.7 Tasco 10te #771027
80mm f/15 Sears 3.1" Refracor #412.4454
60mm f/15 Sears 2.3" Refractor #4 6305-A
60mm f/15 Sears 2.3" Refractor #4451
Plenty of EPs? .965 to 2"
2 LPI's
Home made Denver chair
3-7'x10' light panels
yada yada yada
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aa5te
Genial Procrastinator
Reged: 08/30/08
Posts: 425
Loc: Clinton, TN
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That's the one I just bought! I picked it up on Sunday. That guy needs to remove the ad.
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Binos: Apogee 25x100 / Burgess Optical 25x100 / Pentax 20x60 PCF WP / Tasco InFocus 10x50
Tripods: Sunpak PlatinumPlus Ultra 7500TM / Quickset Samson
Refractors: Meade DS-2102AT-TC 102mm f/7.8; Sears Discoverer 3 (4454) 80mm f/15; Jason 313 Discoverer 60mm f/15.2
Reflectors (Dob): Hardin Optical DSH10 10" f/5
EP's: Zoom: Zhumell 8-24mm & Circle K 7.5-22.5mm 0.965"; 9-52mm Plössls; Zhumell 2x barlow
Kodak Z760; Orion SteadyPix camera mount
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desertrefugee
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 08/06/07
Posts: 1215
Loc: Arizona
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Unitron 3"
But, buyer beware!!!
(This is not my telescope...nor would I want it).
<<EDIT: Image removed in accordance with TOS - but check out the link !!>>
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"Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place are lost." - Milton
-Darrell
Reflectors - 76 to 305mm (f4.7 to f9.2)
Refractors - 50 to 120mm (f5 to f16.7)
Binoculars - 6x15 to 22x100
N. Phoenix, AZ
Edited by desertrefugee (06/04/09 07:35 PM)
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mustgobigger
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 06/12/07
Posts: 2421
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Tiddlywinks Anyone,
boy that unitron is in rough shape.
would not pay anywhere close to starting bid.
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RV-6
Meade 826
Meade 880 Deluxe
Unitron's 114,128,140,142,150,152,155,160
4" Jaegertron
4.5" A.E f/14 Refractor
4" f/15 Edmund's Refractor
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mikey cee
Post Laureate
Reged: 01/18/07
Posts: 3517
Loc: bellevue ne.
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You folks ask....hey how are the optics in this thing? Well I'll go ya' all one better. Here let me take 'em out and lay one on this nice rough wood grained box and the other half right over the edge of the one under it. See any scratches or dust? I'll put 'em back together after the rest of the photo shoot. Hope I can remember which goes which way! Thanks for lookin'!
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7x35 and 10x50 sears tower binocs, 3" f/10 edmunds reflector, 2.4" f/11.7 manon refractor, 6" f/8 jaegers refractor, "The 8 Ball" 8" f/13.3 brandt refractor, 3" f/15.8 sans&streiffe refractor, 3.1" f/15 selsi refractor(towa 339), 2.4" f/15 sears refractor, selsi 30x30mm spyglass, criterion 5-draw 25x45x75x spyglass(1957), 4.25" f/14.8 tasco 20te.
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Steve Fisher
"Curmudgeon in Training"
Reged: 08/12/06
Posts: 1729
Loc: Utah
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Maybe some of you might recognize this. It is for sale at a yard sale this weekend. I know it is hard to be sure but I'm hoping someone here might have some insight.
Thanks in advance.
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Steve
8" f/12 D&G Achromat Refractor Delivered 08/27/09
6" D&G f/12 Achromat Refractor
66mm f/6.1 William Optics Petzval
6" f/8 Celestron Starhopper
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"Never try to teach a pig to sing, It wastes your time and it annoys the pig". (Robert Heinlein)
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okiestarman56
super member
Reged: 04/10/08
Posts: 498
Loc: 36.9'33" N 95.23'29" W
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Sears 80mm? It's a TOWA. Could make a nice scope. How is the lens?
Jery
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305mm f/5 GSO 12" DSO
114mm f/7.8 Tasco 4.5" Red Tube
76.2mm f/15.7 Tasco 10te #771027
80mm f/15 Sears 3.1" Refracor #412.4454
60mm f/15 Sears 2.3" Refractor #4 6305-A
60mm f/15 Sears 2.3" Refractor #4451
Plenty of EPs? .965 to 2"
2 LPI's
Home made Denver chair
3-7'x10' light panels
yada yada yada
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David E
Post Laureate
Reged: 05/25/06
Posts: 3020
Loc: North Carolina
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If the glass looks clear and not cracked (other than some "real estate" that can be cleaned off), should make a nice little scope. I like that box, if I got it I probably would modify its interior, add some dividers, padding and such.
David E
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David E
If you keep a stack of old Orion catalogs in your bathroom, you might be an astro-redneck.
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Steve Fisher
"Curmudgeon in Training"
Reged: 08/12/06
Posts: 1729
Loc: Utah
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Jerry, David:
Thanks for the replies. I'll see it tomorrow morning and know then. I have no idea what they will want for it or what it might be worth.
More later.
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Steve
8" f/12 D&G Achromat Refractor Delivered 08/27/09
6" D&G f/12 Achromat Refractor
66mm f/6.1 William Optics Petzval
6" f/8 Celestron Starhopper
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"Never try to teach a pig to sing, It wastes your time and it annoys the pig". (Robert Heinlein)
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Steve Fisher
"Curmudgeon in Training"
Reged: 08/12/06
Posts: 1729
Loc: Utah
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Turns out it is a Mayflower 820 with a couple of eyepieces. He is asking $100.00 for it and it is in pretty poor condition. The objective is dusty but intact.
Anybody think it is worth a $100.00? I didn't.......
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Steve
8" f/12 D&G Achromat Refractor Delivered 08/27/09
6" D&G f/12 Achromat Refractor
66mm f/6.1 William Optics Petzval
6" f/8 Celestron Starhopper
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"Never try to teach a pig to sing, It wastes your time and it annoys the pig". (Robert Heinlein)
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mikey cee
Post Laureate
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Posts: 3517
Loc: bellevue ne.
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Mayflower has a worthy heritage....just like Swift and Shrine Manon. Actually there is a marketing tie-in with Shrine Manon somehow I forget the details.  Mike
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7x35 and 10x50 sears tower binocs, 3" f/10 edmunds reflector, 2.4" f/11.7 manon refractor, 6" f/8 jaegers refractor, "The 8 Ball" 8" f/13.3 brandt refractor, 3" f/15.8 sans&streiffe refractor, 3.1" f/15 selsi refractor(towa 339), 2.4" f/15 sears refractor, selsi 30x30mm spyglass, criterion 5-draw 25x45x75x spyglass(1957), 4.25" f/14.8 tasco 20te.
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terrapin
super member
Reged: 03/15/09
Posts: 146
Loc: Oakland, CA
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Sears or JCPenney (?) in the Dallas area. $25.
(Not my ad.)
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David E
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Posts: 3020
Loc: North Carolina
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Quote:
Sears or JCPenney (?) in the Dallas area. $25.
(Not my ad.)
Looks like one of those. Rather nice scopes. It's amazing how inventive some people get when they put a telescope together!
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David E
If you keep a stack of old Orion catalogs in your bathroom, you might be an astro-redneck.
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albert1
Pooh-Bah
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Posts: 1368
Loc: Northern New Jersey
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Quote:
Looks like one of those. Rather nice scopes. It's amazing how inventive some people get when they put a telescope together!
Well, at least it's not pointing down.
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Albert
1 Great 'ole Newt
4 Good 'ole Newts
2 Great 'ole Cats
1 Lousy 'ole Newt
One of these days I'll try a Refractor better than my 90mm finderscope
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Happy-Idiot
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Posts: 2802
Loc: 3rd Rock
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Quote:
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Sears or JCPenney (?) in the Dallas area. $25.
(Not my ad.)
Looks like one of those. Rather nice scopes. It's amazing how inventive some people get when they put a telescope together!
Must be from Australia.
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Brian
A small scope that gets used often is a better investment than a big scope that stays in the closet.
Unitrons, you spend more time looking at them than you do through them.
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Binary Star
member
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Posts: 37
Loc: N.E. Ohio
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Just browsing around, I found this RV-6 for sale for $300.
http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/spo/1210456849.html
Not my ad.
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Meade SN6/LXD55
Antares 8" Newtonian f4.9
Meade 4500 4.5" f8
Celestron/Vixen Firstscope 80
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Binary Star
member
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Posts: 37
Loc: N.E. Ohio
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Is there a general consensus about where to post ads for scopes that may be good deals, but aren't really classics? I seem to remember there being a post about this somewhere on the forums, but I couldn't find it.
I often see Craigslist ads that I know people would be interested in, but I don't know where to post them. An example is this ad for a a 10" Meade SN for $550.
http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/for/1210063335.html
I was going to put this is in the reflector or CAT forum, but I didn't know if that would be frowned upon.
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Meade SN6/LXD55
Antares 8" Newtonian f4.9
Meade 4500 4.5" f8
Celestron/Vixen Firstscope 80
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tim53
Pooh-Bah
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Posts: 1440
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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Edmund: 8" f/5
I was always intrigued by those off-axis guider focusers. I wonder how well they worked? Probably better in the digital age with goto mods, I suspect.
-Tim.
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"We`re just waiting looking skyward as the days come down.
Someone promised there`d be answers, if we stayed around."
-Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, "The Romance of the Telescope"
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donnw
super member
Reged: 08/03/08
Posts: 166
Loc: Maryland
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Hi All:
I don't recall seeing this one mentioned - a Mayflower 80mm / 1200FL on eBay - looks just like a Towa 339 -- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=220429712231
It's worth a look - seems to be in quite good shape from a quick glance, but it's kinda pricey ($199) if less than mint. Ciao!
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Peace & Blessings,
Donn Williams
Member - AAVSO
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Celestron EdgeHD 11 on CGE in SkyShed POD GL5
Meade Lightbridge 12", SN10, LX200 Classic 8", AR5, 314 Brass & ETX125PE
Lunt LS60T/DS, Stellarvue SV102ED, SV80BV, SV80/9D, SV NH2
Cave Astrolla 8", Zeiss Telementor II, Unitron 114, 128, 142
Towa 339, Royal Astro 76/1200, Pentax J80, Borg 100, AT 102-F/11
Goto 105, Various Sears/Tasco/Selsi/Towa 60-80mm's
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strdst
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 03/23/08
Posts: 830
Loc: Oregon USA
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If the 80 X 1200 circle T optics scopes are all they are said to be, the minimum bid is a steal IMHO. This one is only an hour north of me. Unfortunately the last 3 60 X 900 circle T scopes I've bought are optically so poor I wouldn't even think of selling them. I just haven't had too much luck with Towa I guess. But this IS an 80mm
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mikey cee
Post Laureate
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Posts: 3517
Loc: bellevue ne.
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Keith.....I don't believe Towa ever made a bad 80mm X 1200mm. However I do believe his starting point is too high. On a bad day I'd go no higher than $250. I had a good day and my Selsi clone I got for $78 and $36 shipping. I don't think anybody bid against me...if there was it was just one other person. But make no mistake the optics are superbo! Mike
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7x35 and 10x50 sears tower binocs, 3" f/10 edmunds reflector, 2.4" f/11.7 manon refractor, 6" f/8 jaegers refractor, "The 8 Ball" 8" f/13.3 brandt refractor, 3" f/15.8 sans&streiffe refractor, 3.1" f/15 selsi refractor(towa 339), 2.4" f/15 sears refractor, selsi 30x30mm spyglass, criterion 5-draw 25x45x75x spyglass(1957), 4.25" f/14.8 tasco 20te.
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strdst
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 03/23/08
Posts: 830
Loc: Oregon USA
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Mike,
I've certainly heard a lot of good things about the 80 X 1200. Last week there was a TOWA 80 X 1200 on my local CL. It was posted in the A.M. when I was at work and couldn't look. When I got home and checked the listings (vintage telescopes are very rare on the Eugene CL, but of course I look every day anyway ) it had already sold. At $125 and nearly pristine, someone got a great scope at a great price! Had it been posted for $250 I might have had a shot, and with no shipping, that for me, would have been a steal.
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teast
professor emeritus
Reged: 11/10/07
Posts: 500
Loc: Kentucky
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Hi Binary Star and welcome to CN  !
I've often wondered the same thing regarding posting of "non-classic" finds from ebay, craigslist, etc. There doesn't seem to be a place for them. I do think that they should be separate from the Classic Telescope forum and they can't go in Shop and Swap since that is only for member postings and not "finds". Maybe our Moderators can make a suggestion?
Welcome again to CN!
-Tom
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okiestarman56
super member
Reged: 04/10/08
Posts: 498
Loc: 36.9'33" N 95.23'29" W
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On the bay Clock Drive
Jerry
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305mm f/5 GSO 12" DSO
114mm f/7.8 Tasco 4.5" Red Tube
76.2mm f/15.7 Tasco 10te #771027
80mm f/15 Sears 3.1" Refracor #412.4454
60mm f/15 Sears 2.3" Refractor #4 6305-A
60mm f/15 Sears 2.3" Refractor #4451
Plenty of EPs? .965 to 2"
2 LPI's
Home made Denver chair
3-7'x10' light panels
yada yada yada
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okiestarman56
super member
Reged: 04/10/08
Posts: 498
Loc: 36.9'33" N 95.23'29" W
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On the bay 60mm Shipping scares me " will shrink wrap and send UPS.
Jerry
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305mm f/5 GSO 12" DSO
114mm f/7.8 Tasco 4.5" Red Tube
76.2mm f/15.7 Tasco 10te #771027
80mm f/15 Sears 3.1" Refracor #412.4454
60mm f/15 Sears 2.3" Refractor #4 6305-A
60mm f/15 Sears 2.3" Refractor #4451
Plenty of EPs? .965 to 2"
2 LPI's
Home made Denver chair
3-7'x10' light panels
yada yada yada
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mikey cee
Post Laureate
Reged: 01/18/07
Posts: 3517
Loc: bellevue ne.
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I don't see the rest of the clamshell there to repair it with JB Weld. I think that's about it for the price in that condition.
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7x35 and 10x50 sears tower binocs, 3" f/10 edmunds reflector, 2.4" f/11.7 manon refractor, 6" f/8 jaegers refractor, "The 8 Ball" 8" f/13.3 brandt refractor, 3" f/15.8 sans&streiffe refractor, 3.1" f/15 selsi refractor(towa 339), 2.4" f/15 sears refractor, selsi 30x30mm spyglass, criterion 5-draw 25x45x75x spyglass(1957), 4.25" f/14.8 tasco 20te.
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mikey cee
Post Laureate
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Posts: 3517
Loc: bellevue ne.
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That clock drive is the first one I've ever seen outside of a catalog picture. That is a very very rare find.  Mike
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7x35 and 10x50 sears tower binocs, 3" f/10 edmunds reflector, 2.4" f/11.7 manon refractor, 6" f/8 jaegers refractor, "The 8 Ball" 8" f/13.3 brandt refractor, 3" f/15.8 sans&streiffe refractor, 3.1" f/15 selsi refractor(towa 339), 2.4" f/15 sears refractor, selsi 30x30mm spyglass, criterion 5-draw 25x45x75x spyglass(1957), 4.25" f/14.8 tasco 20te.
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David E
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Posts: 3020
Loc: North Carolina
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Quote:
I don't see the rest of the clamshell there to repair it with JB Weld. I think that's about it for the price in that condition.
If the clamshell broke I have to wonder what kind of jolt the optical tube may have taken. 
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David E
If you keep a stack of old Orion catalogs in your bathroom, you might be an astro-redneck.
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Jae
professor emeritus
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Posts: 559
Loc: near Boston
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Quote:
On the bay 60mm Shipping scares me " will shrink wrap and send UPS.
Jerry
Look at the dew cap - I bet it's a replacement lens from Meade that was made by Towa - white model 291 ? maybe 60mm f15
Jae
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Jae
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pbealo
super member
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Posts: 126
Loc: New Hampshire
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Quote:
I don't see the rest of the clamshell there to repair it with JB Weld. I think that's about it for the price in that condition.
Funny: that's the same stuff I used to repair a shipment-broken ring on my Vernonscope 4" newt...
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PeterB
15" fecker cass
12" Fecker cass
6" Fecker Celestar
4" Fecker Celestar
4"/4" dual tube Brashear
Porter Garden telescope
3.5" Mogey
Quantum 6
Quantum 4
6" AP Starfire
misc. smaller stuff
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desertrefugee
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 08/06/07
Posts: 1215
Loc: Arizona
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Wow! Peter!
What an awesome collection you have.
Just incredible.
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"Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place are lost." - Milton
-Darrell
Reflectors - 76 to 305mm (f4.7 to f9.2)
Refractors - 50 to 120mm (f5 to f16.7)
Binoculars - 6x15 to 22x100
N. Phoenix, AZ
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Project Galileo
sage
Reged: 11/14/07
Posts: 405
Loc: Douglas County, Colorado
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Saw this on Denver craigslist today. Interesting scope.
http://denver.craigslist.org/pho/1212080965.html
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Orion XT10i
Meade LXD55 LXD75 AR-6
TeleVue Binoviewers with Seibert 1x/1.3x/1.7x OCA
Minolta 10x50 Binoculars
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tim53
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 12/17/04
Posts: 1440
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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Quote:
Saw this on Denver craigslist today. Interesting scope.
http://denver.craigslist.org/pho/1212080965.html
Looks like the same scope that's on ebay.
-Tim.
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"We`re just waiting looking skyward as the days come down.
Someone promised there`d be answers, if we stayed around."
-Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, "The Romance of the Telescope"
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teast
professor emeritus
Reged: 11/10/07
Posts: 500
Loc: Kentucky
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Just ran across this:
Unitron 760
I'm not the seller.
-Tom
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mikey cee
Post Laureate
Reged: 01/18/07
Posts: 3517
Loc: bellevue ne.
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That Pentax J60 dicussed earlier brought Goodwill nearly a $330 profit. It sure was a nice looking scope and all. I looked at it first hand and I guess to a Pentax collector it was worth every penny. Like I said I'm probably too ignorant to appreciate the value of some scope pedigrees. If someone from CN bought this item please share your findings with us when you take possession. Mike
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7x35 and 10x50 sears tower binocs, 3" f/10 edmunds reflector, 2.4" f/11.7 manon refractor, 6" f/8 jaegers refractor, "The 8 Ball" 8" f/13.3 brandt refractor, 3" f/15.8 sans&streiffe refractor, 3.1" f/15 selsi refractor(towa 339), 2.4" f/15 sears refractor, selsi 30x30mm spyglass, criterion 5-draw 25x45x75x spyglass(1957), 4.25" f/14.8 tasco 20te.
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terrapin
super member
Reged: 03/15/09
Posts: 146
Loc: Oakland, CA
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Nice vintage refractor of some kind in Charlotte, NC. Is that a Sears?
(Not my ad.)
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strdst
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 03/23/08
Posts: 830
Loc: Oregon USA
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Quote:
Nice vintage refractor of some kind in Charlotte, NC. Is that a Sears?
(Not my ad.)
Interesting Scope. The eyepieces look Sears or Scope ish. Towa? Sears 80mm or good lord not the infamous 90mm! The finder w/tube rings and OTA color, could that be a Swift 831? ... The mount looks incomplete maybe?
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David E
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Posts: 3020
Loc: North Carolina
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Quote:
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Nice vintage refractor of some kind in Charlotte, NC. Is that a Sears?
(Not my ad.)
Interesting Scope. The eyepieces look Sears or Scope ish. Towa? Sears 80mm or good lord not the infamous 90mm! The finder w/tube rings and OTA color, could that be a Swift 831? ... The mount looks incomplete maybe?
That one is in my neck of the woods. I've sent an inquiry about it.
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David E
If you keep a stack of old Orion catalogs in your bathroom, you might be an astro-redneck.
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desertrefugee
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 08/06/07
Posts: 1215
Loc: Arizona
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Sic' 'em, David!
Maybe it's one of those early Takahashi Swifts?
Or not.
(Good luck...I think).
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"Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place are lost." - Milton
-Darrell
Reflectors - 76 to 305mm (f4.7 to f9.2)
Refractors - 50 to 120mm (f5 to f16.7)
Binoculars - 6x15 to 22x100
N. Phoenix, AZ
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Compressorguy
sage
Reged: 03/14/09
Posts: 220
Loc: North Carolina
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David, I have had several emails back and forth with the owner of this scope when the add first ran. It is a Tower #6335 D76mm X 1200mm scope. I have made two offers since then and no response after repeated attemps, so I don't know if he sold it or did not like the offers. I hope you have better luck with him.
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Scott
1976 Cave 10" Deluxe f/6
Late 70's Meade 628 6" f/8
1950's Selsi 80mm X 910mm f/11
1960's Lafayette 60mm X 800mm f/13
2005 Meade 10" LX200GPS f/10
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Mr Magoo
scholastic sledgehammer
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Posts: 999
Loc: Franklin, Indiana
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This RV-6 belongs to one of our fellow CN'ers.
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Ken
Franklin, IN
Member, Indiana Astronomical Society
B.S.A. Astronomy Merit Badge Counselor
6" f/10 Dob
Vintage Sears Discoverer 4-6305A 60mm
Vintage Manon 60mm (The Marsha Scope)
Criterion RV-6
My CN Photo Gallery
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David E
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Loc: North Carolina
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David, I have had several emails back and forth with the owner of this scope when the add first ran. It is a Tower #6335 D76mm X 1200mm scope. I have made two offers since then and no response after repeated attemps, so I don't know if he sold it or did not like the offers. I hope you have better luck with him.
Thanks for the info. I probably don't have enough reserves myself for a scope this size.
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David E
If you keep a stack of old Orion catalogs in your bathroom, you might be an astro-redneck.
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clintwhitman
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Who got the Tasco windup clock drive. Hard to find. Hows it work when new??? I have an old one but it is fussy!! 
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Clint&Debbie Whitman (aveman
1960s 6"F15 Jaegers-Unipons by John Pons on a Byers 812, 1947 4" F15 TINSLEY, 1965 10" F8 CAVE, 1950 5CM & 6.5CM Nippon Kogakus (the twins), 1960s UNITRONS a 152 restored a 160 numbered green lens original mint a 114 original 50s mint, 1950s UNITRON M100 100mm F15 OTA, WO 80mm Florite, ASTROPHYSICS 155 EDFS on LOSMANDY G11, a bunch of Tascos,Sears Mayflowers The list goes on Add infinitum.
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habsburg8
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 07/07/05
Posts: 802
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A vintage Tasco 2.4-inch F/17 on the San Francisco, Calif. Craigslist. This particular model by Tasco was very popular during the 1960s and '70s. It was made in Japan by Royal Astro Optical Industries Co., Ltd.
The equatorial refractor along with accessories and wooden storage chest was posted on June 10, 2009. The link is:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/clt/1214823905.html
(I am not the seller of the telescope.)
Has anyone from that area already looked over this particular scope?
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habsburg8
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 07/07/05
Posts: 802
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A large Parks? Newtonian reflector is listed on the Hudson Valley, New York Craigslist. It was posted on June 11, 2009. The mounting design is decidedly different yet similar to a Cave Astrola. (My understanding is that Parks purchased the casting patterns after Cave went out of business.)
The size of the telescope is hard to judge, but my best guess is a 10-inch with a focal ratio of about F/7. Interesting story as how the owner "inherited" the scope. (How many of us have moved into a house with a classic telescope just sitting there? I wouldn't mind getting another Sears 90mm that way!!!)
The link to the ad is:
http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/for/1196398526.html
(I am not the seller of the telescope.)
What is this telescope? Opinions?
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strdst
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 03/23/08
Posts: 830
Loc: Oregon USA
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John,
That 7te-5 was apparently snapped up quickly after the ad was posted  Terrapin, you're alert and sleepless in the Bay Area... any luck?
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habsburg8
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 07/07/05
Posts: 802
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A vintage "red" Edmund 4.5-inch equatorial on the Cincinnati, Ohio Craigslist. The ad was posted on June 11, 2009. The link to the website is:
http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/clt/1217187966.html
(I am not the seller of the telescope.)
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habsburg8
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 07/07/05
Posts: 802
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Ads like this are worth investigating further. A photograph almost always clinches the brand of scope, but in this case speculation leans toward a vintage Edmund or Criterion RV-6. A home-built scope is another possibility. The type of eyepieces (7) and Barlows (2) would indicate a classic Criterion RV-6.
The ad was posted on May 28th, and the link to the website is:
http://baltimore.craigslist.org/for/1193492928.html
(I am not the seller of the telescope.)
Has anyone from that area discovered what this instrument actual is?
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scopelover
member
Reged: 02/02/08
Posts: 77
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I spoke with Aaron 1 1/2 months ago... Hmm fishy story, unreliable phone tag, he's advert for a friend ..etc ..
I'm really cautious now as I was set to go look at it...Zero return of phone calls etc.. very odd.
I'd say caution here.
Ps.. I was wondering if this would surface again soon.
-alexander
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habsburg8
scholastic sledgehammer
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Posts: 802
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Upon further evaluation of the photographs, especially looking at the size relationship of the focuser to the diameter of the fiberglass tube, this COULD BE A CAVE OPTICAL CO. 12.5-INCH, 14.25-INCH, OR 16-INCH. Cave used that same mounting design on those Observatory scopes. If so, then the seller's "inherited" reflector telescope is an extremely rare one.
Comments from Cave collectors?
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terrapin
super member
Reged: 03/15/09
Posts: 146
Loc: Oakland, CA
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Nope. Wasn't me, unfortunately.
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habsburg8
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 07/07/05
Posts: 802
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A classic Criterion RV-6 Dynascope reflector telescope on the Maine Craiglist. The ad for the vintage 6-inch F/8.3 Newtonian was placed on June 11, 2009. The link to the website is:
http://maine.craigslist.org/pho/1217227078.html
(I am not the seller of the telescope.)
These older Criterion scopes seem to appear in the secondary marketplace on a regular basis.
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Happy-Idiot
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 04/06/06
Posts: 2802
Loc: 3rd Rock
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B&L on E-vilbay
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Brian
A small scope that gets used often is a better investment than a big scope that stays in the closet.
Unitrons, you spend more time looking at them than you do through them.
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Darenwh
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 05/11/06
Posts: 1222
Loc: Covington, GA
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That NY scope looks like a sweet scope. I believe those are rotating rings holding the OTA. Too bad I cannot go see it and pick it up in person.
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Daren
Covington, GA
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tim53
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Posts: 1440
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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I would have guessed 10", maybe 12.5". Looks like a Cave.
If the seller on craigslist is hard to reach or make arrangements to see the scope, I'd suspect a scam. If it's a scam, it ought to be flagged. Does anyone recognize these photos from another ad somewhere?
-Tim.
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"We`re just waiting looking skyward as the days come down.
Someone promised there`d be answers, if we stayed around."
-Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, "The Romance of the Telescope"
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JamesE
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Posts: 1112
Loc: Westbank, BC, Canada
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I would have guessed 10", maybe 12.5". Looks like a Cave.
If the seller on craigslist is hard to reach or make arrangements to see the scope, I'd suspect a scam. If it's a scam, it ought to be flagged. Does anyone recognize these photos from another ad somewhere?
-Tim.
This was posted a while back and someone here was pursuing it at that time. Couldn't tell you how long ago though.
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James
(Thanks to Attilla for the Clear Sky charts)
Current Projects : Tasco 15TEA - 3 inch pier mounted planetary scope
Priorities : Wife, Kids
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tim53
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 12/17/04
Posts: 1440
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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8" Newt on orange co., CA craigslist: 8" Newt
The ad lacks photos, but based on what little description there is, I got to wondering if it might be an old Meade or Cave. I sent the seller an email, and will let folks know what I learn (unless it's a rare bird in fantastic condition, in which case I'll hie myself on down there, pick it up, and THEN tell you about it!  )
-Tim.
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"We`re just waiting looking skyward as the days come down.
Someone promised there`d be answers, if we stayed around."
-Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, "The Romance of the Telescope"
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tim53
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 12/17/04
Posts: 1440
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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This one looks nice, but way overpriced, IMHO: 76mm Tasco
Also on OC, CA craigslist.
-Tim.
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"We`re just waiting looking skyward as the days come down.
Someone promised there`d be answers, if we stayed around."
-Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, "The Romance of the Telescope"
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apfever
journeyman
Reged: 05/13/08
Posts: 7
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The ad has already been pulled. I'm wondering if this was the Selsi refractor sorta new in the box. If so, then I'm the one that has it.
Neil
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CHASLX200
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 09/29/07
Posts: 1808
Loc: Tampa area Florida
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A large Parks? Newtonian reflector is listed on the Hudson Valley, New York Craigslist. It was posted on June 11, 2009. The mounting design is decidedly different yet similar to a Cave Astrola. (My understanding is that Parks purchased the casting patterns after Cave went out of business.)
The size of the telescope is hard to judge, but my best guess is a 10-inch with a focal ratio of about F/7. Interesting story as how the owner "inherited" the scope. (How many of us have moved into a house with a classic telescope just sitting there? I wouldn't mind getting another Sears 90mm that way!!!)
The link to the ad is:
http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/for/1196398526.html
(I am not the seller of the telescope.)
What is this telescope? Opinions?
Looks like a Cave 2.5" Shaft mount. My guess it's a 12.5" Cave observatory.
Chas
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tim53
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 12/17/04
Posts: 1440
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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8" Newt on orange co., CA craigslist: 8" Newt
The ad lacks photos, but based on what little description there is, I got to wondering if it might be an old Meade or Cave. I sent the seller an email, and will let folks know what I learn (unless it's a rare bird in fantastic condition, in which case I'll hie myself on down there, pick it up, and THEN tell you about it! )
-Tim.
I talked to the seller. It's a homebuilt on an altazimuth mount (though I haven't seen pics). He said that the mirror was made by someone in Santa Ana. He had the mirror tested by members of the Riverside Telescope Makers about 10 years ago, and they said that it was optically very good.
I'm probably going to let this one go, but if the seller sends me more info on it, I'll pass it along here in case someone is interested.
-Tim.
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"We`re just waiting looking skyward as the days come down.
Someone promised there`d be answers, if we stayed around."
-Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, "The Romance of the Telescope"
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scopelover
member
Reged: 02/02/08
Posts: 77
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Ok, I've left yet another phone message to Aaron re the poss. Cave scope. One month ago, I had a scheduled appt. to go see it etc... When I called to confirm directions/etc before I left (as agreed by phone 2 days before), no answer to his phone. I left multiple messages then (as I had taken time off to go look at Aaron's scope) .. Never a response.
So ... on good faith ... One more try today to connect with him as I live very close by to Accord.
So far .. no response.
-alexander
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Mr Magoo
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 11/05/05
Posts: 999
Loc: Franklin, Indiana
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Interesting. When were these produced? Swift Cat
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Ken
Franklin, IN
Member, Indiana Astronomical Society
B.S.A. Astronomy Merit Badge Counselor
6" f/10 Dob
Vintage Sears Discoverer 4-6305A 60mm
Vintage Manon 60mm (The Marsha Scope)
Criterion RV-6
My CN Photo Gallery
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clintwhitman
Caveman
Reged: 01/01/07
Posts: 2427
Loc: ValVerde CA(SoEasyaCavemanCanD...
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Looks alot like a painted Meade RG to me. The cradle looks like the one on my RG 12.5 
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Clint&Debbie Whitman (aveman
1960s 6"F15 Jaegers-Unipons by John Pons on a Byers 812, 1947 4" F15 TINSLEY, 1965 10" F8 CAVE, 1950 5CM & 6.5CM Nippon Kogakus (the twins), 1960s UNITRONS a 152 restored a 160 numbered green lens original mint a 114 original 50s mint, 1950s UNITRON M100 100mm F15 OTA, WO 80mm Florite, ASTROPHYSICS 155 EDFS on LOSMANDY G11, a bunch of Tascos,Sears Mayflowers The list goes on Add infinitum.
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CHASLX200
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 09/29/07
Posts: 1808
Loc: Tampa area Florida
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I have a Meade RG mount and that mount in the CL ad looks nothing like a Meade mount.
It sure looks like a Cave 2.5" mount, as for the OTA who knows.
Chas
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clintwhitman
Caveman
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Posts: 2427
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it is more that likely a Cave. The pictures to small and my eyes to old to tell!! The tangent arm and the flat style cradle reminds me more of the RG than my Astrola. I have never seen a 2.5 Astrola mount. The tube looks like it has a cave plaque on it.
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Clint&Debbie Whitman (aveman
1960s 6"F15 Jaegers-Unipons by John Pons on a Byers 812, 1947 4" F15 TINSLEY, 1965 10" F8 CAVE, 1950 5CM & 6.5CM Nippon Kogakus (the twins), 1960s UNITRONS a 152 restored a 160 numbered green lens original mint a 114 original 50s mint, 1950s UNITRON M100 100mm F15 OTA, WO 80mm Florite, ASTROPHYSICS 155 EDFS on LOSMANDY G11, a bunch of Tascos,Sears Mayflowers The list goes on Add infinitum.
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CHASLX200
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 09/29/07
Posts: 1808
Loc: Tampa area Florida
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Quote:
it is more that likely a Cave. The pictures to small and my eyes to old to tell!! The tangent arm and the flat style cradle reminds me more of the RG than my Astrola. I have never seen a 2.5 Astrola mount. The tube looks like it has a cave plaque on it.
I have a Cave 2.5" observatory mount, but mine has a threaded shaft. On the Meade RG mount you would notice the round Dec lock knob just above the setting circle.
Chas
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Bonco
Carpal Tunnel
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Posts: 2297
Loc: Florida
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Ten inch F/6 Custom Delux cave here on the classifieds, Reflector list.
Bill
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RV6
Meade 2045
6 inch f/4 RFT R. Fagin Optics
TV Genesis
2.4 inch Lafayette Equitorial
3 inch Polarex/Unitron Equitorial
10 inch Zhumell
PST 40mm Solar scope
4 inch F/15 Antares
2.4 inch Unitron Equitorial
Tasco 10K 80mm/1200mm
Towa 339 Restored
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GeneDiG
sage
Reged: 05/31/05
Posts: 286
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My guess is sometime during the Comet Halley daze. I've seen these sold under Tasco and Jason as well. Tanzutsu seems to be the Japanese watermark.
Here is a review of Celestron's Tabletop 76 which seems very similar to Swift's little scope. It was not well received.
http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=253
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Gene DiGennaro
Baltimore, Md.
Celestron C-130 5" Mak
Celestron Firstscope 80eq
Tasco/Vixen 999VR
Tasco 11t Vintage Newtonian
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AlienFirstClass
professor emeritus
Reged: 02/13/09
Posts: 738
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Ten inch F/6 Custom Delux cave here on the classifieds, Reflector list.
Bill
Got a link?
I don't see it there.
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mustgobigger
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 06/12/07
Posts: 2421
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8" cave in Bellingham, WA
listed condition is poor but the price is right. publicsurplus auction
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RV-6
Meade 826
Meade 880 Deluxe
Unitron's 114,128,140,142,150,152,155,160
4" Jaegertron
4.5" A.E f/14 Refractor
4" f/15 Edmund's Refractor
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clintwhitman
Caveman
Reged: 01/01/07
Posts: 2427
Loc: ValVerde CA(SoEasyaCavemanCanD...
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Looks like an 8" tube 6" mirror!!
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Clint&Debbie Whitman (aveman
1960s 6"F15 Jaegers-Unipons by John Pons on a Byers 812, 1947 4" F15 TINSLEY, 1965 10" F8 CAVE, 1950 5CM & 6.5CM Nippon Kogakus (the twins), 1960s UNITRONS a 152 restored a 160 numbered green lens original mint a 114 original 50s mint, 1950s UNITRON M100 100mm F15 OTA, WO 80mm Florite, ASTROPHYSICS 155 EDFS on LOSMANDY G11, a bunch of Tascos,Sears Mayflowers The list goes on Add infinitum.
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mustgobigger
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 06/12/07
Posts: 2421
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whoever wins it will most likely get it for less than
100.00 and that would be a steal.
i won my rv-6 from this site for 50.00.
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RV-6
Meade 826
Meade 880 Deluxe
Unitron's 114,128,140,142,150,152,155,160
4" Jaegertron
4.5" A.E f/14 Refractor
4" f/15 Edmund's Refractor
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DrewBKing
member
Reged: 05/19/09
Posts: 25
Loc: Vancouver, Washington - USA
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Oh man. If only I had the spare funds. That 6" Cave is a very nice looking scope. Granted, it could use some tender love and care but that is pretty tasty. If gas wasn't so expensive, it would almost be worth it for me to drive up and pick it up seeing as it's a 3-4 hour car ride for me =).
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Telescopes
Tasco 10TE - FL1200mm, D76mm F/15
Celestron 21066WOS (My first scope =D) - FL900mm D60mm F/15
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wfj
sage
Reged: 01/10/08
Posts: 259
Loc: California, Santa Cruz County
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http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/for/1228648215.html
not mine.
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tim53
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 12/17/04
Posts: 1440
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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The RKE eyepiece is probably worth that!
-Tim.
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"We`re just waiting looking skyward as the days come down.
Someone promised there`d be answers, if we stayed around."
-Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, "The Romance of the Telescope"
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mikey cee
Post Laureate
Reged: 01/18/07
Posts: 3517
Loc: bellevue ne.
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Oh! Oh! there goes Preston!!
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7x35 and 10x50 sears tower binocs, 3" f/10 edmunds reflector, 2.4" f/11.7 manon refractor, 6" f/8 jaegers refractor, "The 8 Ball" 8" f/13.3 brandt refractor, 3" f/15.8 sans&streiffe refractor, 3.1" f/15 selsi refractor(towa 339), 2.4" f/15 sears refractor, selsi 30x30mm spyglass, criterion 5-draw 25x45x75x spyglass(1957), 4.25" f/14.8 tasco 20te.
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jayscheuerle
Post Laureate
Reged: 01/16/06
Posts: 4070
Loc: S. Philadelphia, PA
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Just saw an f/4.5 8" Cave on the Philadelphia Craigslist (Lancaster, Co.) $500 no pics.
Also a Meade 10" Starfinder for $225
- j
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Fight indignorance!
The Green Goblin - 12" of dobsonian excellence!
The PortaBowl-a $100 4.5" f/8 ball-scope YOU can build!
Eero2-a 6" f/5 ball-scope you probably can't.
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scout72
sage
Reged: 05/12/08
Posts: 407
Loc: SF Bay Area
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"re: Edmund Scientific Red Tube Refractor Telescope"
Well, it really is just like new and it just came home with me!
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Scout72 is my 1972 International Scout 4x4
Some Scopes, Some Binocs, and Some Mounts,
and a much shorter signature
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tim53
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 12/17/04
Posts: 1440
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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