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mikey cee
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I too thought their ads were cheezy but I always associated war surplus stuff with high standards at bargain store prices. I jumped fast getting my 6" f/8 in 1973 along with all Jaegers parts to build a workable scope including their mount and pier. I still have the OTA and all associated optics.....32mm Erfle, 15mm Erfle, A.Jaegers 6mm Ortho, Barlow lens, star diagonal and an extra super focuser that has been modified onto my 8" Brandt.  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 (07/30/09 04:14 PM)
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leonard
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Loc: West Virginia
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Hello Steve ,
WOW , thanks for the insight on who made what .
Must have been a real thrill . I wish I could have been that lucky . 
Leonard
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Bob S
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Loc: Illinois
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The Jaegers website is back on line again.
Bob S.
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rmollise
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The Jaegers website is back on line again.
Bob S.
Now, if he'll actually start SELLIN' STUFF I'll be impressed. 
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deSitter
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It's funny, "when I was a boy", we were afraid of achromats but collimated our Newtonians like would-be studs. The reality is, collimating a Newtonian is nearly impossible while collimating an achromat is very easy and nearly permanent!
-drl
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OK, I have all these refractors, and I have no idea how to test them or even collimate a refractor lens. Other than taking them to a lab, is there a simple way to test one?? I'd like to test my Sears 90mm. I guess I should have paid more attention to the postings from before, because I remember seeing something about a flourescent light test, but I don't know if that is for a refractor lens  , and one where you can check diffraction rings, but I'm pretty unsure what I need to do. Any suggestions guys? Thanks for any help, and happy 4th,  Rich
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deSitter
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Yes I remember this frame of mind exactly. Our state of practical knowledge was really low. A lot of it was based on advertising brochures we sent off for, knowing we couldn't afford whatever it was that inspired optical lust - like the 4" Unitron Photo-Equatorial. ($1074!!) Funny, my RV-6 was probably a much better OTA.
-drl
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Just a comment on A Jaegers. As a teenager in the 60's I was never impressed with the A. Jaeger's ads. They had no glamor like the Unitron ads and I assumed their optical products muust be way inferior. Back in the day I never read any reviews of their lenses and I never knew until later that they were first class products. If you look at the old ads and prices it makes me sick that I didn't buy several 4 to 6 inch lenses back then. Too late now.
Cheers, Bill
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Gerd
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Thank you very much to all for your answers,
I will keep my Jaegers lens ,a 6"F5 with honor.
It is a good companion to my Zeiss AS 130/1950
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Gerd
Member of the Backnanger Sterngucker
(stargazers of the area round Backnang, Germany)
www.bksterngucker.de
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mikey cee
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Gerd....You need to check your bullseye levels better...every thing is leaning!   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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clintwhitman
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Gerd it is ashamed you guys over there have to set up in such unclean and cluttered surroundings! Do you have to worry about those roving bands of singing school kids and nuns mucking up the place??
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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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Lew Chilton
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Loc: SoCal
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Clint,
As in the "Sound of Music"? (Doe, a deer a female deer; ray, a drop of golden sun; me, a name I call myself; fa, a long, long way to run...) 
Oops...getting off topic.
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I don't get no respect, but my scopes do! 
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1961 Swift 60mm model 839 (2); 2003 TV-102/GM-8; 1959 8" f/6 Treckerscope; 1959 8" f/7.4 Murray Scope; 1959 Fecker Celestar-4; 1978 4" Edmund Astroscan; c. 1986 4-inch Celestron-Vixen SP-C102; c. 1950 20X60 Saturn spotting scope; 1963 7X50 Nippon Kogaku binoculars; Unitron #114 alt-az mount (Swifty-tron)
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Gerd
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Loc: near Stuttgart Schwabenländle
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If it only goes uphill, you need no bullseye,
but we try to do it better.
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Gerd
Member of the Backnanger Sterngucker
(stargazers of the area round Backnang, Germany)
www.bksterngucker.de
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