mikey cee
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Posts: 3520
Loc: bellevue ne.
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Hey Brian Now why would I want to do something like that. I heard somewhere that 4" Unitrons were a dime a dozen these days!   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.
Edited by mikey cee (07/03/09 12:18 AM)
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strdst
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 03/23/08
Posts: 830
Loc: Oregon USA
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Scope?
You guys have garages?
And wives... still?
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rmollise
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Reged: 07/06/07
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I use this one to fawn over! Mike
As well you should...
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Uncle Rod
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rwiederrich
Goldfinger
Reged: 11/17/05
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Loc: Bremerton Washington
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Hmmm...let me see..what do I use my classic scopes for....let me think on that one for a while....
Rob
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www.goldmtobservingcenter.com
A great place for amateur astronomers, and ATM's to come and enjoy their hobby.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/HomemadeRefractorTelescopes/ My homemade refractor group.
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Preston Smith
Military Observer
Reged: 04/24/05
Posts: 3440
Loc: Eureka, Pa
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So, what do you use it for and when? ...I'm just curious as to what objects/uses you guys use your classics for.
Well, I guess Shane deserves a serious answer from me - although that is QUITE hard to get! 
I only have refractors, so I mostly use the smaller ones for planetary while the larger ones are for all targets.
I primarily enjoy taking them out to star watches so I can educate both astronomers and the public that there is nothing wrong with owning (or looking to purchase) an older telescope.
When it looks like a star watch is going to be on a night with exceptional sky conditions, I'll bring out the 4" Unitron with the weight-driven clock drive. It's a beauty and a true classic. I must admit that I kinda enjoy it when another astronomer at the star watch has a power cell that goes dead. I walk over to tell him/her that they need to get a Unitron - and then rewind my weight drive with the distinctive clicking sound from the ratchet mechanism in the drive... for another hour of battery-free observing. 
But there are nights when I just like to take one of my vintage scopes out, using .965 eyepieces and enjoy the nostalgia of using, simpler equipment to (visually) accomplish just about the same thing that the shorter focal length refractors can do today.
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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
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clintwhitman
Caveman
Reged: 01/01/07
Posts: 2430
Loc: ValVerde CA(SoEasyaCavemanCanD...
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TO look into dark Sky and see faint fuzzies up close!!! (aveman...
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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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clintwhitman
Caveman
Reged: 01/01/07
Posts: 2430
Loc: ValVerde CA(SoEasyaCavemanCanD...
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Debbie and I use the restored telescopes we have for the following, Outreach to city kids who are at risk of gang life, For her and I to get out into nature and hike and go hang out all night with our freinds who are all sober!! Well most of them. The sence of saving somthing that was on the edge of being trash and saving it for the next generation, For me to do my own small reaserch programs. Clint & Debbie Whitman
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Gerd
sage
Reged: 09/02/05
Posts: 272
Loc: near Stuttgart Schwabenländle
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Very good work, Caveman! 
Cool scopes and nice Guys!
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Gerd
Member of the Backnanger Sterngucker
(stargazers of the area round Backnang, Germany)
www.bksterngucker.de
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Carl Kolchak
professor emeritus
Reged: 08/02/06
Posts: 549
Loc: Northeast, Florida
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Hi aa5te,
I use it for everything I use my modern scopes for. But I will say the Meade 300 is very good on lunar, planets and double stars.
peace & clear skies,
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Richard H.
Antares 105mm f/9.5 Elite Series Refractor
AstroTelescopes 102mm f/7 Refractor
Orion ShortTube 90mm f/5.6 Refractor
Meade Model 300 80mm f/15 Refractor
Tasco Cosmic 6TE-5 50mm f/12 Refractor
Orion SkyView Pro 8" Intelliscope
Orion Scenix 10x50 Binoculars
Zhumell SuperGiant 20x80 binoculars
NightSky Journal
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John rombi
professor emeritus
Reged: 08/14/05
Posts: 598
Loc: Sydney, Australia
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Since I bought my Light Bucket, my two Unitrons are only assembled every couple of months, just so I can look at them!!
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Meade Lightbridge 12" Deluxe (Modified)SiebertOptics
Unitron 4" Alt-Az
Unitron 2.4" Alt-Az
www.macastro.org.au "A New Eye On the Sky"
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Roel
sage
Reged: 04/22/07
Posts: 209
Loc: Deventer, The Netherlands
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My new 2" Polarex splitted all four members of Epsilon Lyrae last night!!
I use my Polarex 3" mainly for sketching the Moon and Sun. I think that, especially for solar observing, nothing beats a good old long refractor. Today for example, a nice new group of spots formed on the Sun:
Edited by Roel (07/04/09 09:56 AM)
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Patricko
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 01/30/07
Posts: 1533
Loc: SE New Mexico USA
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My new 2" Polarex splitted all four members of Epsilon Lyrae last night!!
 That is this first time I've ever heard of this! My 60/1000mm does it with ease but I never had the chance to try in a 50mm. Good job!
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Clear skies,
Patrick
INTERNATIONAL DARK SKY ASSOCIATION
60MM TELESCOPE CLUB!
"You can always have better, but will you ever be happy with what you have?" - Me, myself, and I
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BarabinoSr
sage
Reged: 11/17/05
Posts: 317
Loc: Slidell La
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Hi All! Interesting post!I use mine for general observing,though of late the 10TE has been getting a lot of use lately on the moon and planets.However I have not trained any of them sunward,though I have assigned the TASCO 9TE-5 as the sun scope.I have equipped this with a modified 4" Thousand Oaks front end glass solar filter and the views are incredible.Looks like there are finally some sizeable sunspots on Sol.  Gary Sr
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12"GSO f/5.3" Newtonian Reflector 10" Meade LX-50 Fork Mounted Schmidt-Cassegrain
8" Hardin f/6 Newtonian reflector
6" Konus f/8 Refractor,Yulin 5"f/9 refractor,
4.5"TASCO Luminova f/9 Newtonian Reflector 4.5"TASCO 11TR(Lunagrosso) Red reflector
90mm Meade f/11 refractor,Tasco 10TE 76mm 1200mm f/l Refractor
60mm TASCO 7TE-5 1000mm f/16.7 Refractor 60mm TASCO 9TE 700mm f/l refractor
60mm TASCO 9TE-0 710mm f/l Refractor 50mm-TASCO 6TE-5 600mm f/l Refractor
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TimD
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 02/16/05
Posts: 900
Loc: CA USA
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Sometimes just as decoration! ain't them old scope real perty just to look AT!
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Takahashi TSC 225
WO Megrez 102
Meade ETX 90, ETX 125
Meade LX90
Classic Orange tube C14, C90, C5+
Etc,Etc,Etc!!
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