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I am offered this telescope.
Can anyone identify it (brand, type)?
Is it worth while?
thanks!
Photo 1 of 3:
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Photo 2
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amateur
sage
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mikey cee
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Well whatever it is it deffinitely looks to have "sleeper" status. I'd go for it and ask questions later!!  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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akman1955
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 what are they asking and no marking"s on it  john 
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Steve_M_M
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I am with Mike. When I saw this, I thought "Buy it and ask questions later"
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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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Astrojensen
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EDIT: I changed this post, after studying the picture carefully.
The scope is clearly old, and I'd say definitely german of origin. I am thinking Zeiss, yet it has some details I am not so sure of, especially the missing focuser lock knob and the fact the focuser knobs don't have a screw head in the middle.
It also resembles a Heyde, yet in some ways, it doesn't.
Can you get to take some pictures of the lens, complete with any inscriptions on the cell, as well as any on the focuser or elsewhere?? That would give us something to work with.
That said, the scope is genuine, so I'd jump on it in a heartbeat.
Clear skies!
Thomas, Denmark
Edited by Astrojensen (11/01/09 04:29 AM)
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amateur
sage
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Thanks for all reactions!
I am offered the telescope for free, so it is a bargain anyway.
It was inherited, so it must be old anyway, and is currently in Norway.
My heart jumps when I hear Zeiss!
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Astrojensen
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Go for it, for heaven's sake! It's the kind of thing we all dream of!
Even if it is some little-known brand name or even homemade, it still looks like a very nice scope.
Clear skies!
Thomas, Denmark
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John Carruthers
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The alt/az mount, brass work and fittings look very similar to the old Georg Buttenschoen I've been fixing up here
any makers marks? it should also have a diagonal similar to ours. What size is the eyepiece?
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ATM 10" F6.1, 1/25th wave spec (max wavefront error +/- 1/12.6 in zone 4 of 6, sodium light )
6" F7 spec
127mm F9.4 Refractor
10 x 50 bin
ETX80 (finder)
Canon 20D
PST
DSI 1
and a curious mind
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RLTYS
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Loc: New York (Long Island)
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Quote:
Thanks for all reactions!
I am offered the telescope for free, so it is a bargain anyway.
It was inherited, so it must be old anyway, and is currently in Norway.
My heart jumps when I hear Zeiss!
FREE!!  What are you waiting for? You have nothing to loose.
Rich (RLTYS)
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10" F4.8 Refl.
4" F5 Refr. (Genesis)
3" F4 Celestron FirstScope
50mm F12 Refr. (Tasco #6TE-5)
12x63 and 10x50 Binoculars.
"I want to do more then just look."
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mare233
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Reged: 10/25/09
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Hi,
Buttenschön was my first thought, too. Because of the eyepiece and focuser. The mount also has some details, that could be from Buttenschön. But i have only one cataloge and there was no similiar.
CS Martin
PS.: Take it, it´s for free!
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amateur
sage
Reged: 06/15/06
Posts: 300
Loc: The Netherlands
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Thanks all. Of course I will kindly accept this beauty! But at the same time I am really curious what it is exactly.
The owner told me it has a large collection of eyepieces with it.
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javago
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Reged: 11/02/04
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Loc: Geldrop-Netherlands
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Nice find !!
This is a Piet Meesters telescope made between 1926-1960.I collect them so if you ever want to sell I like to hear.
Value between 200 and 300 Euro at the most.I have bougt several of these scopes between 50 and 700 Euro ( 80mm EQ on large wooden pyramid tripod last month )
Look at the focuser they are identical......Piet Meesters made all of the brass work and ota`s and the lenses and eyepieces were ordered by several optical company's.
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amateur
sage
Reged: 06/15/06
Posts: 300
Loc: The Netherlands
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We have got him! Thanks, I found an identical telescope using ""Piet Meesters in google:
very similar Piet Meesters telescope
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John Carruthers
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Jc
ATM 10" F6.1, 1/25th wave spec (max wavefront error +/- 1/12.6 in zone 4 of 6, sodium light )
6" F7 spec
127mm F9.4 Refractor
10 x 50 bin
ETX80 (finder)
Canon 20D
PST
DSI 1
and a curious mind
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