mikey cee
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Reged: 01/18/07
Posts: 3520
Loc: bellevue ne.
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Ladies and Gentlemen we have a winner. "He who dies with the most toys wins"! Somewhere around here I saw that quote. Well this person definitely is in the top two at least.  This individual probably expired because of too much to do and too little time in the day to do it. Maybe a spouse has to deal with this....who knows.  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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tim53
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Reged: 12/17/04
Posts: 1447
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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I looked up the address for the estate sale in google maps, and there doesn't appear to be an observatory at that location, at least. And no results for searching for Palo Alto Hills in Oregon, either.
-Tim.
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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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okiestarman56
super member
Reged: 04/10/08
Posts: 498
Loc: 36.9'33" N 95.23'29" W
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Now I wish i still lived in Oregon
Jerry
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305mm f/5 GSO 12" DSO
114mm f/7.8 Tasco 4.5" Red Tube
76.2mm f/15.7 Tasco 10te #771027
80mm f/15 Sears 3.1" Refracor #412.4454
60mm f/15 Sears 2.3" Refractor #4 6305-A
60mm f/15 Sears 2.3" Refractor #4451
Plenty of EPs? .965 to 2"
2 LPI's
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woodsman
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Reged: 03/12/08
Posts: 1072
Loc: Colorado Springs, CO
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Now I wish i still lived in Oregon
Jerry
And you had Bill Gates' money!
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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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Darenwh
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Reged: 05/11/06
Posts: 1224
Loc: Covington, GA
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Oh, that is the ultimate toy sale... If I were Billy Bob Gates I would still go broke....
All the toys you could want and the truck to bring them all home in...
Those binocs are nice. Fork mount for them is great also. Notice that the cas has what looks like an old Celestron computerized finder mounted on the back?
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Daren
Covington, GA
Edited by Darenwh (10/22/09 07:46 PM)
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tim53
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Reged: 12/17/04
Posts: 1447
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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Daren:
You see pix?
-Tim.
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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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tim53
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Reged: 12/17/04
Posts: 1447
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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h'DOING!
I didn't see the "click" button.
Man! What a telescope. Likely to cost more than I do! Is that an Astroworks fork mount, or something bigger?
-Tim.
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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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tim53
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Reged: 12/17/04
Posts: 1447
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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...would a 24" really fit in a garage? Pretty compact, if the aperture is that big. Maybe the tube is 24" OD?
-Tim.
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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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pbealo
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Reged: 10/12/06
Posts: 126
Loc: New Hampshire
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I don't recognize the make of the cass. Homemade?? Pretty awesome.
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PeterB
15" fecker cass
12" Fecker cass
6" Fecker Celestar
4" Fecker Celestar
4"/4" dual tube Brashear
Porter Garden telescope
3.5" Mogey
Quantum 6
Quantum 4
6" AP Starfire
misc. smaller stuff
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Preston Smith
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Reged: 04/24/05
Posts: 3440
Loc: Eureka, Pa
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Pretty awesome.
Hmm, Aperture Fever Peter? a 15" Fecker isn't big enough? 
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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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BradC
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Reged: 01/31/07
Posts: 448
Loc: St. Louis, MO
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Wow, TWO newts for $75, a Criterion RV-6 F/8 and a Optical Craftsmen six inch F/4 rich field telescope:
http://stlouis.craigslist.org/for/1432860781.html
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My God! It's full of stars!
Zhumell 10" dob - First Light Report
Celestron OptiView 10x50 LPR Binoculars
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BradC
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Reged: 01/31/07
Posts: 448
Loc: St. Louis, MO
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I looked up the address for the estate sale in google maps, and there doesn't appear to be an observatory at that location, at least. And no results for searching for Palo Alto Hills in Oregon, either.
-Tim.
That's because Palo Alto Hills is in San Francisco.
Plug the following (from the telescope plaque) into Google Maps:
+37° 33' 41", -122° 10' 07" (Palo Alto Hills Observatory)
and it puts you right into San Francisco bay. Scoot just down and left, and you'll see Palo Alto hills. Nothing obvious to indicate where in that (now very wealthy) area this telescope might have once lived.
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My God! It's full of stars!
Zhumell 10" dob - First Light Report
Celestron OptiView 10x50 LPR Binoculars
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tim53
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Reged: 12/17/04
Posts: 1447
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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That certainly makes more sense. I know a Model A restorer in that area. Very nice hilly area. Might be dark enough to see the Milky way, but I wasn't there after dark.
-Tim.
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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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Darenwh
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Reged: 05/11/06
Posts: 1224
Loc: Covington, GA
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Oh man I wish I was still in Milwaukee. I would take a weekend to go get those two scopes. At that price they are a steal and a half... I loved the RV6 I had and want another one. Unfortunately they don't seem to come up to often in the area of the country I am in.
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Daren
Covington, GA
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wfj
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Reged: 01/10/08
Posts: 259
Loc: California, Santa Cruz County
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Pretty awesome.
Hmm, Aperture Fever Peter? a 15" Fecker isn't big enough?
Actually, I prefer a *little Fecker* ... 
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refractory
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Reged: 02/05/05
Posts: 1233
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If an imitator put one on a triplane you'd have a faker Fecker Fokker.
Jess 'The Red (Tube) Baron' Tauber
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pbealo
super member
Reged: 10/12/06
Posts: 126
Loc: New Hampshire
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Now that was bad. Real bad.
Of course, I have been sorely tempted to have a t-shirt printed up along the lines of "Ask me about my 15" Fecker",
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PeterB
15" fecker cass
12" Fecker cass
6" Fecker Celestar
4" Fecker Celestar
4"/4" dual tube Brashear
Porter Garden telescope
3.5" Mogey
Quantum 6
Quantum 4
6" AP Starfire
misc. smaller stuff
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gnabgib
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Reged: 06/05/05
Posts: 356
Loc: Fall River MIlls Ca.
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I don't recognize the make of the cass. Homemade?? Pretty awesome.
I know this scope. It is indeed a homebuilt and the fork was an older searchlight mount. The gentleman who built it was an old world German craftsman. At one time he had a diamond turning machine in his garage. Originally it was located in the Palo Alto hills in the San Francisco area. Very nice instrument but totally custom with no documentation. Truely a "one off". Very massive. A unique feature was the magnetic "clutches" on each axis. On the rear cell ring handle there are many pushbuttons. When pressed the " clutches" released and let you guide the scope to a new object. When you released the button the clutches locked and the drive took over.
Kevin
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astrowolf67
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Reged: 12/15/07
Posts: 94
Loc: Western Kentucky
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And I was just in St. Louis just two weeks ago!!!!!!
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Wow, TWO newts for $75, a Criterion RV-6 F/8 and a Optical Craftsmen six inch F/4 rich field telescope:
http://stlouis.craigslist.org/for/1432860781.html
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David
"Seek the Spirit of the Wolf, for He holds the Secret of Life."
Edmund Astroscan/Meade DS 2000 tripod
Meade ETX 60
Tasco 60mm EQ
Meade 114 NT/LXD75
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woodsman
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Reged: 03/12/08
Posts: 1072
Loc: Colorado Springs, CO
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I missed out on this one about 30 minutes ago. I called on it and she said the new owner was driving off with it, as we spoke. Oh man, 50 bucks!! http://cosprings.craigslist.org/for/1434553933.html
Someone named Dennis got it. Anyone here that we know?? If so, let's see pictures..
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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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