Andy Taylor
twistin' by the pool
Reged: 09/24/08
Posts: 437
Loc: t=0 UK
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=270416820440
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Equipment list of shame:
A strange heap of assorted junk that when thrown together and dragged out into the dark shows me the wonders of the universe...
And then dews up...
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FlyingAstronomer
member
Reged: 12/31/08
Posts: 35
Loc: Lawrenceville GA
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I recall the ads in Sky and Tel, and I think I saw one on astromart a few years ago. I've never seen one in person and they certainly don't seem common.
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Roger Cole
WD4IGX
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DAVIDG
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/02/04
Posts: 1989
Loc: Hockessin, De
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Here is what looks to be a nice 3" Unitron Alt/Az mount and so far a good price with only a few hours to go.
- Dave
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=200355995932&Category=42299&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DI%26otn%3D1
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Homemade 'scopes 8"f/7,6" f/5", 6"f/4, 4.25" Schief. 60mm Coronagraph,60mm H-alpha system, 4.25" White-light Solar Newtonian,solar spectroscope, 4.5" f/16 Schupmann Medial refractor, 14 Stellafane awards 7 in optics
Engineering = Taking what you have and making what you need.
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strdst
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 03/23/08
Posts: 830
Loc: Oregon USA
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It's baaaack! Pentax J-60 was auctioned last month for a final bid of $328.77. The description was and still is confusing. Perhaps the last one who "won" thought it was a J-80 and gets a re-do. Mikey C. examined it and posted his impressions on this thread last month.
http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=4945154
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albert1
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 01/01/07
Posts: 1369
Loc: Northern New Jersey
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"Equipment list of shame:
A strange heap of assorted junk that when thrown together and dragged out into the dark shows me the wonders of the universe...
And then dews up..."
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mikey cee
Post Laureate
Reged: 01/18/07
Posts: 3528
Loc: bellevue ne.
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Well maybe the "winner" got caught up in the heat of bidding and decided to let it go. I would have thought the runner up would have been given a shot. But I don't know the nuances and ins and outs of how some things work and how some peoples minds operate. But back to the scope. It is in my opinion in very good to near new condition. The box is cardboard. It's all there. But honestly it still has that "look" and "feel" about it that says $150 max. But I'm not a Pentax afficianado so maybe I'm all wet...that's just me tho'.  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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ukcanuck
Vendor (Skylight Telescopes)
Reged: 11/07/06
Posts: 738
Loc: London, UK
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=270416820440
Hey Andy, I'm not going for this, so good luck if you decide to bid. However, go carefully. I seem to recall this scope on Ebay about a year ago, and it didn't make the full auction time, and was pulled by Ebay. I made an inquiry at the time, but the seller didn't respond.
Rare, high value item...seller with zero feedback...registered on Ebay the day the auction was listed...
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Richard
A few nice telescopes.
...but most importantly, a beautiful son who fills my days with sunshine, and my nights with stars.
THE SKYLIGHT F15
Skylight Gallery
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Andy Taylor
twistin' by the pool
Reged: 09/24/08
Posts: 437
Loc: t=0 UK
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=270416820440
Hey Andy, I'm not going for this, so good luck if you decide to bid. However, go carefully. I seem to recall this scope on Ebay about a year ago, and it didn't make the full auction time, and was pulled by Ebay. I made an inquiry at the time, but the seller didn't respond.
Rare, high value item...seller with zero feedback...registered on Ebay the day the auction was listed...
Richard, I'm not gonna bid - I don't have that much cash to spend... 
Just thought it looked rare and interesting... and yes the auction would make me very nervous.
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Equipment list of shame:
A strange heap of assorted junk that when thrown together and dragged out into the dark shows me the wonders of the universe...
And then dews up...
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ukcanuck
Vendor (Skylight Telescopes)
Reged: 11/07/06
Posts: 738
Loc: London, UK
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=270416820440
Hey Andy, I'm not going for this, so good luck if you decide to bid. However, go carefully. I seem to recall this scope on Ebay about a year ago, and it didn't make the full auction time, and was pulled by Ebay. I made an inquiry at the time, but the seller didn't respond.
Rare, high value item...seller with zero feedback...registered on Ebay the day the auction was listed...
Richard, I'm not gonna bid - I don't have that much cash to spend...
Just thought it looked rare and interesting... and yes the auction would make me very nervous.
...auction pulled.
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Richard
A few nice telescopes.
...but most importantly, a beautiful son who fills my days with sunshine, and my nights with stars.
THE SKYLIGHT F15
Skylight Gallery
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BRisley
sage
Reged: 09/04/06
Posts: 345
Loc: SW Florida
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If only I had more room. 
It is just a few miles from me!
Brian
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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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Compressorguy
sage
Reged: 03/14/09
Posts: 220
Loc: North Carolina
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http://cgi.ebay.com/CAVE-ASTROLA-8-F-4-5-Newtonian-Telescope-Tube-Assembly_W0QQitemZ270417296458QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3ef6207c4a&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1234%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50
I'm 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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woodsman
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 03/12/08
Posts: 1073
Loc: Colorado Springs, CO
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Here's one for the collectors Nippon kogaku. Appears to be a 65mm/980mm. 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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Compressorguy
sage
Reged: 03/14/09
Posts: 220
Loc: North Carolina
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http://detroit.craigslist.org/for/1250341117.html
Best offer.
This is not my 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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Dave Radosevich
newbie
Reged: 06/17/09
Posts: 1
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Regarding this lens.. I used this scope for ten years before dismantling. Lens did show some CA but acceptable. What was surprising is how good the optics really are. I had Roger Cergoli (from the Stewart Mirror lab) lest and clean the optics. Interfearigram shows better that 1/13. Records show that Lundin did this lens who was the principle optician @ AC.
Maybe this one is not so mediocre. 
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tim53
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 12/17/04
Posts: 1454
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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Hi Dave:
It sure is a beauty! I hope it gets a good home.
-Tim Parker
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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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strdst
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 03/23/08
Posts: 830
Loc: Oregon USA
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It's baaaack! Pentax J-60 was auctioned last month for a final bid of $328.77. The description was and still is confusing. Perhaps the last one who "won" thought it was a J-80 and gets a re-do. Mikey C. examined it and posted his impressions on this thread last month.
Well this time around it went for $87. Is this what they call deflation? If someone here got it, you know the drill!
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clintwhitman
Caveman
Reged: 01/01/07
Posts: 2431
Loc: ValVerde CA(SoEasyaCavemanCanD...
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Lanc. County PA. Cave Looks like it worth looking at~~
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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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albert1
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 01/01/07
Posts: 1369
Loc: Northern New Jersey
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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 .
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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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Steve_M_M
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 06/09/04
Posts: 976
Loc: Moorpark, CA
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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!
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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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strdst
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 03/23/08
Posts: 830
Loc: Oregon USA
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IN YOUR HONDA??? 
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