albert1
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Did'nt think it'd fit. Another 2-4 inches on the mount or pier in any direction and you could forget it. Pier across back seats, mount in trunk and OTA, you guessed it, on the roof racks (mirror and cell removed of course). It turned alot of heads during that 2 hours. My rear tires were rubbin over the smallest bumps. Fortunately I'm the adventurest type with AAA in the back pocket  .
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Albert
1 Great 'ole Newt
6 Good 'ole Newts
3 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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albert1
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This deserves a thread of it own  Bigger, more pictures for sure. Awesome scope and great acquisition. You never know where life is going to take you, so try to keep it if you can.
Congrats!
Thanks!
I try loading bigger pics but it doesn't take. Any suggestions?
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Albert
1 Great 'ole Newt
6 Good 'ole Newts
3 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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albert1
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Hope you enjoy the pics. Wish they were bigger. 
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Albert
1 Great 'ole Newt
6 Good 'ole Newts
3 Great 'ole Cats
1 Lousy 'ole Newt
One of these days I'll try a Refractor better than my 90mm finderscope
Edited by albert1 (07/05/09 12:46 AM)
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refractory
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June/July here in North. NJ hasn't been great for a few years- but heck, everyone knows that global warming is a scam. Wait- no- what- is that the ocean nibbling at my back yard?
Jess Tauber
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albert1
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another
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Albert
1 Great 'ole Newt
6 Good 'ole Newts
3 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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albert1
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Albert
1 Great 'ole Newt
6 Good 'ole Newts
3 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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albert1
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Albert
1 Great 'ole Newt
6 Good 'ole Newts
3 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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tim53
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Good lord! That poor Honda! 
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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
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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?
Just got it reassembled and you should know you were correct, it is a Cave 12.5" Observatory model. Biggest, baddest darn scope I ever did see. From my limited use to date (due to lousy weather of course) I can report the mirror is the best I've ever had. Even in somewhat need of a recoat it delivers stars that are better than tack sharp. Haven't seen any planets yet. I look up naked eye and see nothing then look through the scope at starfields, quite amazing. The OTA is in excellent condition and the rings are smooth. The mount could use a little TLC but nothing serious, mostly cosmetic and some wiring restore. If I kept it I'd disassemble everything and do it right.
Wieghing in at almost 600 lbs, I needed 2 new tires after the 2 hour drive home which I was lucky to have made in my work vehicle, a 1990 Honda Accord  .
I had no idea how massive this instrument was and almost passed on it because I had doubts about actually getting it home safely but as you can understand I just couldn't leave without it. The seller was very helpful getting it apart and loaded. He even loaned me nylon tie-downs for the OTA.
Anyway, now that I'm loving just looking at it I realize I don't have the room or time to build a proper observatory for such an instrument. I may be letting it go to someone far better equipped and ready for it. I'm not letting it go until I get some nice clear nights with it though. I may be dumb but I'm not stupid  .
I would break both of my legs to get that scope if it were local. I have been looking for such a beast for a very long time. I would think shipping would be a deal killer to get it to FLorida.
I would have a ball tinkering and restoring it! I would think just handling the OTA would be at my limits since it much weight over 100lbs. I had a 14.5" F/6.5 OTA with a Parks tube and rotating rings that weighed about 140lbs. I made a dolly i would lay the end of the OTA and roll it out to it's mount, then i would remove the weights and match up the bolt holes in the mounting plate with the ring bolts and mount the OTA to the mount then install the counter weights and i was ready for action.
Chas
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scopelover
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Ok ... I missed the thread ....
Is this the same scope listed in Hudson Valley??
..I thought this scope came from PA ....
I'd love to know as I had pursued the Hudson Valley listing myself .. weird results as I've written before though.
alexander
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mikey cee
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Well I ain't much of a reflector fan but I can detect a keeper. That one definitely would stay it has character to it!!  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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NHRob
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check out Unitron 142 on AMart!
Rob
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Faworski orthos (7,10,16.7mm)
stuff ...
no free time ... lots of clouds !
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wfj
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Did'nt think it'd fit. Another 2-4 inches on the mount or pier in any direction and you could forget it. Pier across back seats, mount in trunk and OTA, you guessed it, on the roof racks (mirror and cell removed of course). It turned alot of heads during that 2 hours. My rear tires were rubbin over the smallest bumps. Fortunately I'm the adventurest type with AAA in the back pocket .
I'll bet it turned heads! Too bad you didn't snap a picture of it loaded up!
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habsburg8
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Sometimes these are hard to tell apart. Is this a Russian made TAL scope or a vintage Optical Craftsmen Newtonian?
http://tucson.craigslist.org/for/1247898332.html
(I am not the seller of the telescope.)
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habsburg8
scholastic sledgehammer
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A vintage (and collectable) Optica b/c 4-inch Newtonian on the Boston Craigslist. These were listed in Optica's catalog as #LN-4E, and were manufactured in Japan by Royal Astro Optical Industries Co. Ltd. The ad was posted on June 30th, and the link to the website is:
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/pho/1246850487.html
(I am not the seller of the telescope.)
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habsburg8
scholastic sledgehammer
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An unusual ad on the Seattle-Tacoma Craigslist. A matched pair of circa 1970's Celestron Circle 'T' 40mm eyepieces.
http://seattle.craiglist.org/est/pho/1252882325.html
(I am not the seller of the eyepieces.)
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habsburg8
scholastic sledgehammer
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A complete classic Unitron #142 equatorial refractor on the Detroit Craigslist. The ad was posted on July 5th:
http://detroit.craigslist.org/clt/1254578243.html
(I am not the seller of the telescope.)
From the mounting design this appears to be a Unitron telescope from the mid-1950s. Comments on its age?
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habsburg8
scholastic sledgehammer
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A classic orange C-8 on the Denver Craigslist. The ad was posted on July 5, 2009. The link to the website is:
http://denver.craigslist.org/for/1254379627.html
(I am not the seller of the telescope.)
What is the large star diagonal in the picture?
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habsburg8
scholastic sledgehammer
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A nice looking classic Edmund Scientific 6-inch equatorially-mounted Newtonian reflector from the 1960s or '70s on the New York Craigslist. Some wonderful photographs of a classic motorized reflector, plus you don't often see these priced at $60 or best offer.
The ad was posted on July 2nd, and the link to the website is:
http://newyork.craigslist.org/fct/sys/1250859349.html
(I am not the seller of the telescope.)
Has anyone from our membership already looked at this scope?
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habsburg8
scholastic sledgehammer
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Posts: 806
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An Edmund Scientific red-tubed 6-inch equatorial reflector telescope on the Oklahoma City, OK Craigslist. The ad was posted on June 21, 2009. And the link to the website is:
http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/for/1232534457.html
(I am not the seller of the telescope.)
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