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sarastro
sage
Reged: 08/12/04
Posts: 402
Loc: Seattle
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I wish I had the time to follow-up on this one, I would really like the mount... seattle craigslist
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aa5te
Genial Procrastinator
Reged: 08/30/08
Posts: 427
Loc: Clinton, TN
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Red Coulter 17.5" Dob in Corbin, KY for $1500. Comes with a binoviewer, a Vixen 60mm refractor, plus a lot of other stuff:
http://lexington.craigslist.org/for/1283727674.html
If I find $1500 laying around tonight, it'll be mine. Yeah, right... 
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Shane
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; Orion LaserMate Deluxe Collimator
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Happy-Idiot
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 04/06/06
Posts: 2818
Loc: 3rd Rock
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Quote:
Red Coulter 17.5" Dob in Corbin, KY for $1500. Comes with a binoviewer, a Vixen 60mm refractor, plus a lot of other stuff:
http://lexington.craigslist.org/for/1283727674.html
If I find $1500 laying around tonight, it'll be mine. Yeah, right...
I picked up a 17.5" Coulter yesterday, it took up my whole bed of my one ton pickup truck.
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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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Preston Smith
Military Observer
Reged: 04/24/05
Posts: 3440
Loc: Eureka, Pa
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Quote:
I picked up a 17.5" Coulter yesterday, it took up my whole bed of my one ton pickup truck.
   
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Preston
Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. Isaiah 40:26
SV115T,NHII,SV70,SV50 and Tele Vue Ranger
Vintage Refractors: Asahi-Pentax, Edmund Scientific, Tasco, Unitron
60mm Telescope Club
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woodsman
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 03/12/08
Posts: 1072
Loc: Colorado Springs, CO
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I saw a Coulter Odyssey 17.5 inch blue tube on Craigslist yesterday for $500. I can't remember where it was though. I'm thinking San Fran.. Rich
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artisticwoods
C-14 Orange Tube, C-8, C-5, C-90 Astro Model, C8 Schmidt Camera 8" f1.5, C5.5 Schmidt Camera f1.65, SPI 42mm f/19 Refractor, Sears 90mm f/15.56 Ref, Sears 80mm f/15 Ref, Swift 77mm f/13 Model 831, Scope 60mm f/11.7, Sears 50mm f/12
Unitron Model 140 75mm/1200mm, Unitron model 128 60mm/900mm
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desertrefugee
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 08/06/07
Posts: 1215
Loc: Arizona
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I picked up a 17.5" Coulter yesterday, it took up my whole bed of my one ton pickup truck.
...and, Brian, I suppose that li'l red Tasco just tagged along for the ride?
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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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Preston Smith
Military Observer
Reged: 04/24/05
Posts: 3440
Loc: Eureka, Pa
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Quote:
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I picked up a 17.5" Coulter yesterday, it took up my whole bed of my one ton pickup truck.
...and, Brian, I suppose that li'l red Tasco just tagged along for the ride?
Darrell, that's the finder scope! 
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Preston
Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. Isaiah 40:26
SV115T,NHII,SV70,SV50 and Tele Vue Ranger
Vintage Refractors: Asahi-Pentax, Edmund Scientific, Tasco, Unitron
60mm Telescope Club
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Darenwh
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 05/11/06
Posts: 1224
Loc: Covington, GA
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I wonder if the plane comes with it? If not, do you think he would consider flying it down here?
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Daren
Covington, GA
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RobertED
professor emeritus
Reged: 07/11/03
Posts: 1192
Loc: Johnston, RI
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Had a blue 10" Coulter,,,I miss it!! I sold it promising myself I was going to buy the 13.1" Coulter. Never happened! Chalk it up as the "one that got away!!"  
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refractory
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 02/05/05
Posts: 1233
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There was one of these on ebay a couple of years ago for $200, but pick up only in California. Being in NJ, it just didn't work out.
Jess Tauber
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teast
professor emeritus
Reged: 11/10/07
Posts: 500
Loc: Kentucky
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Just found this on the New Orleans craigslist. I'm assuming it's an RV-6:
Criterion 6" / f/8
I'm not the seller.
-Tom
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Happy-Idiot
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 04/06/06
Posts: 2818
Loc: 3rd Rock
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Quote:
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I picked up a 17.5" Coulter yesterday, it took up my whole bed of my one ton pickup truck.
The primary has some issues..... more like volumes. Large edge chips on the backside and some scratches. They used the primary as a Beer coaster at one time, plus i know the history of these scopes and the 17.5" were known to be hit and miss, more the latter. But it should still be fun for the family. 
I added some extra $ for the Red Tasco and eq, maybe a good outreach scope for you Preston???  Let me know and its yours? no charge of course. 
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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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albert1
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 01/01/07
Posts: 1369
Loc: Northern New Jersey
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Hi Brian, this is Preston, you can send the red Tasco to ........................................
Wow, a beer coaster hah. Sounds like they may have hit someone over the head with it too . Can't wait to hear how it performs for ya. With that much mirror surface it should still pull stuff right out of the sky, a little damage or not. I've been considering pickin one up and also read about the hit or miss optics. If the price is right though it really doesn't matter. Good luck with it.
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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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Preston Smith
Military Observer
Reged: 04/24/05
Posts: 3440
Loc: Eureka, Pa
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I added some extra $ for the Red Tasco and eq, maybe a good outreach scope for you Preston??? Let me know and its yours? no charge of course.
Thanks for the consideration my friend! But I don't touch those funny tubes with mirrors in the bottom....I've even heard that some manufactures put spiders in them! What the heck is that all about?
Hey, I still owe you a 40mm objective don't I? Hmmm, gotta figure out where the wife put it. She has a tendency to "clean up" if I leave something out for a couple of days.... 
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Preston
Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. Isaiah 40:26
SV115T,NHII,SV70,SV50 and Tele Vue Ranger
Vintage Refractors: Asahi-Pentax, Edmund Scientific, Tasco, Unitron
60mm Telescope Club
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Happy-Idiot
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 04/06/06
Posts: 2818
Loc: 3rd Rock
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I've even heard that some manufactures put spiders in them! What the heck is that all about?
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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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mustgobigger
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 06/12/07
Posts: 2421
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wow,
17,000.00 for a just the lens.
was that 12,000.00 new price with the brand new folded refractor telescope.
i could see a 16' refractor in my backyard.
that would be after the divorce of course.
anyone know what a 8" lens goes for now.
Brian
link
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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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woodsman
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 03/12/08
Posts: 1072
Loc: Colorado Springs, CO
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Hey Guys,
Check this out :Tasco 12TE
For 55 bucks, how can you go wrong. Looks to be in pretty decent shape. If anyone is near Milwaukee, you might want to take a look. Rich
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artisticwoods
C-14 Orange Tube, C-8, C-5, C-90 Astro Model, C8 Schmidt Camera 8" f1.5, C5.5 Schmidt Camera f1.65, SPI 42mm f/19 Refractor, Sears 90mm f/15.56 Ref, Sears 80mm f/15 Ref, Swift 77mm f/13 Model 831, Scope 60mm f/11.7, Sears 50mm f/12
Unitron Model 140 75mm/1200mm, Unitron model 128 60mm/900mm
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Steve Fisher
"Curmudgeon in Training"
Reged: 08/12/06
Posts: 1732
Loc: Utah
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Quote:
wow,
17,000.00 for a just the lens.
was that 12,000.00 new price with the brand new folded refractor telescope.
i could see a 16' refractor in my backyard.
that would be after the divorce of course.
anyone know what a 8" lens goes for now.
Brian
link
Brian:
A nice 8" f/15 lens can be had for $2395.00 from D&G. We should find Al Paslow as he hangs out around CN occasionally and see if he would pay this much for a Brandt lens. I would doubt it but a 12" is a "rare bird".
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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)
Edited by Steve Fisher (07/25/09 01:13 PM)
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JWW
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 12/12/05
Posts: 1107
Loc: Arizona or Mexico hard to tell
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I came real cost to buying this one. Local to me as well. He turned down an offer of: $3,000 cash, plus a C-11, and a 4 inch apo refractor. I didn't want the Astroworks mount.
10 inch R.E. Brandt folded refractor
-JWW:
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Awesomelenny
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 05/02/04
Posts: 2801
Loc: Long: 81.42 W Lat: 41.21 N
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Check it out! Unitron Model 128
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Len
Meade 178 ED APO
127mm Astro_Tech ED APO
4" f/15 Model 166 Unitron with UNIWITT Pier
Televue Genesis SDF 101mm f/5.4
W.O. Zenithstar 66
2.4" f/15 Model 128C Unitron
Coronado Solarmax 90 DS Telescope
Losmandy Titan; G-11; all w/Gemini
All in a "Backyard Observatory"
"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands."
Psalm 19:1
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