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BarabinoSr
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Reged: 11/17/05
Posts: 316
Loc: Slidell La
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Theres a 60mm Tasco 1200mm focal length objective nearly complete instrument available on the bay-even has the box!The objective has some baby clams around the edge but still seems to be useable.Anybody familiar with this Tasco scope or have this one in your collection?To see it, type 'vintage Tasco Telescope' in the search field!!G
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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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woodsman
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Reged: 03/12/08
Posts: 1072
Loc: Colorado Springs, CO
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That isn't a 1200mm Tasco. I don't believe Tasco ever made one of that focal length. It is a 910mm fl model 7TE. That one is very old. If it has the original eyepieces they would be a 25mm, and a 9mm contained in it, as well as the 2X barlow to give the magnifications listed on the box.
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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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Happy-Idiot
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 04/06/06
Posts: 2803
Loc: 3rd Rock
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I e-mailed the seller earlier and just received an e-mail back from them, i asked him if i could meet him halfway if i won the scope. He agreed to the meeting. It is an interesting scope kind of looks like and Astro build (mount and look at the focuser knobs)instead of circle T but i could be wrong(someone correct me if i am). I was going to make a decent bid because i could save on shipping but i would hate to raise the price too high for a person that really wants it. So i will not bid, besides i swore off any new purchases of 60mm's anyway. Unless they end in -eiss  Good luck!
Edited by Happy-Idiot (10/25/09 12:55 PM)
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woodsman
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Reged: 03/12/08
Posts: 1072
Loc: Colorado Springs, CO
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I think my 60mm 7TE was an Astro Optical, but I'm not positive. I gave it to my brother-in-law, and he wouldn't know what to look for if I called him. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a Towa, just too similar to Astro Optical.
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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JamesE
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Reged: 10/22/07
Posts: 1112
Loc: Westbank, BC, Canada
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I am sorry but does someone have a link to this. I don't see anything but the 900mm with the white slo-mo knobs.
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James
(Thanks to Attilla for the Clear Sky charts)
Current Projects : Tasco 15TEA - 3 inch pier mounted planetary scope
Priorities : Wife, Kids
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woodsman
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 03/12/08
Posts: 1072
Loc: Colorado Springs, CO
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Hi James,
Hey, that is the one with the porcelain knobs. I posted above that I thought it was similar to the 910mm which I used to have. It doesn't say in the ad which fl it is, but the 910mm focal length works out for the magnification shown on the wood box, figuring a 25mm and 9mm lens that would have been included. Anyway, I think Barbarino may have mistaken that one for a 1200mm, because he mentions in his posting, the clamshell chips, which that one has. BTW, I checked with Fed Ex and your eyepiece case will be arriving on Wednesday. I hope customs doesn't tear it up too much. I taped the key for the lock in a bag, onto the bubble wrap just so you know. 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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JamesE
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Reged: 10/22/07
Posts: 1112
Loc: Westbank, BC, Canada
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Thanks Rich for the info. I forgot about the 9mm plus barlow. Duh!
EDIT: I forgot, someone reminded me of this old post. Old CN post about this model
AND.....Thanks Rich for the info on the package. I will keep you informed of it's status.
Cheers,
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James
(Thanks to Attilla for the Clear Sky charts)
Current Projects : Tasco 15TEA - 3 inch pier mounted planetary scope
Priorities : Wife, Kids
Edited by JamesE (10/25/09 06:01 PM)
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BarabinoSr
sage
Reged: 11/17/05
Posts: 316
Loc: Slidell La
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Hey James!You are right.That scope on ebay looks like the one in the link.Hey!Disgusted  that the new scope demon clouded up my skies so I cant try out my recently acquired 5"f/9 Refractor.G
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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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