Andy Taylor
twistin' by the pool
Reged: 09/24/08
Posts: 431
Loc: t=0 UK
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Dear Thomas,
According to my Astro 30 catalog, if your model is an "Asedabais", your telescope has a type E objective. This catalog is dated 1920.
The set-up on Ebay is what Zeiss calls a Traveling Telescope and without knowing the serial number on the focuser, its hard to tell exactly what time period it is from. I do not own one and will be bidding strongly on this one. Wish me luck.
Dan
2165.00 UK pounds...
Anyone here get it...?
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Equipment list of shame:
A strange heap of assorted junk that when thrown together and dragged out into the dark shows me the wonders of the universe...
And then dews up...
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tim53
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 12/17/04
Posts: 1421
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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Looks like mahogany!
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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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deSitter
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/09/04
Posts: 2925
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I saw the 8 in Cave in the Bay this morning. I have bought from the seller before, A Schmidt camera and C14 parts from San Jose state a few years ago. They get scopes once in a while. I put in the first bid. Cant get down there to check it out however.
That 8" Cave looks like the Newt-Cass convertible.
-drl
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tim53
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 12/17/04
Posts: 1421
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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drl:
That's what I thought, based on the rotating rings. But there's no Newt focuser. Makes me wonder, though, if the Newt option was an ...option that the school didn't pony up for. Worse case scenario would be that someone buys it hoping to add a Newt focuser and secondary, only to find it's a DK!
-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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woodsman
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 03/12/08
Posts: 1069
Loc: Colorado Springs, CO
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I agree. From the first photos, I thought it might be Maple (I saw the curly figure), but Lauan Mahogany would be my guess. The pores are far too open for Maple. Plus, that seemed to be the wood of choice back then for telescope accessories. One of the pictures shows the medullary rays. That look is typical of Lauan, Maple, and American cherry.
They sure do look elegant compared to the typical adjustable height legs of the '60s and '70s. I'm going to make some for replacements of my Sears 90mm.
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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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tim53
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 12/17/04
Posts: 1421
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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In the off chance this were to discourage others from bidding on this scope (so *I* can win it!  ), I did ask the seller a question, but it hasn't appeared in the ad:
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You asked - Please tell me it isn't being left outdoors exposed to the elements?
ANSWER - Yes, this item is being stored outside.
Good thing it's not raining! (and likely won't in the next handful of days).
-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"
Edited by tim53 (11/05/09 01:26 PM)
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deSitter
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/09/04
Posts: 2925
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At least fiberglass, glassglass, and aluminum will not rust! Even if it has been rained on, made home to spiders and other critters, and generally suffered, it can be put right.
It's just astonishing how harshly people who don't get it, will treat something like this. They'llt take better care of the vacuum cleaner and barbecue grill.
-drl
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deSitter
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/09/04
Posts: 2925
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BTW weren't all Cave Cassegrains the DK variety? - f/15 or 16 - with f/4 primaries?
-drl
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jrcrilly
Refractor wienie no more
Reged: 04/30/03
Posts: 25176
Loc: NE Ohio
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BTW weren't all Cave Cassegrains the DK variety? - f/15 or 16 - with f/4 primaries?
-drl
At least some were convertible; those would have to be classical cassegrains (parabolic primary). I suspect they were all classicals.
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John C
Urban Observatory
A&M/Astreya 76mm F/6 APO
TMB/LOMO 80mm F/7.5 APO
Tak FSQ-106N F/5 APO
Meade 178ED F/9 "APO"
Meade ETX-125AT
C14
Teeter 20" F/3.8 truss Newt w/ServoCat
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Dan /schechter
sage
Reged: 12/21/06
Posts: 365
Loc: Long Beach, Calif.
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HI Andy,
Unfortunately, even though I bid strongly on this Zeiss, I did not bid strong enough. 2160 pounds works out to be about $3600. That plus shipping pushed the price above $4000. Also note that 2160 pounds was the amount the scope sold for, not the maximum the bidder was willing to pay. The winning bidder just wanted this telescope more than I did.
Take care,
Dan
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clintwhitman
Caveman
Reged: 01/01/07
Posts: 2425
Loc: ValVerde CA(SoEasyaCavemanCanD...
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The 8" Cave photos are a year old and it has been sitting outside for the past 8 months.
Really *BLEEP* me off it rained for two days three week ago!!!!!!!!
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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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tim53
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 12/17/04
Posts: 1421
Loc: Highland Park, CA
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Clint:
I placed a bid, but was immediately outbid. This news of yours is rather disturbing! Did you inspect it yourself? Do you have pics?
-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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magic612
professor emeritus
Reged: 09/30/08
Posts: 542
Loc: Somewhere south of Chicago, IL
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The 8" SCT for auction at shopgoodwill.com appears to have been relisted:
http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?itemID=5446149
Wonder what happened to the winning bidder? As I recall, it was up around $170 at auction's end last time.
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- Celestron C8+, Orion 90mm f/10, Orion ST-80, 5" f/8 Dob, 127mm f/9.4 refractor, 114mm f/8 on DS GoTo, 60mm Sears 6333-A, 127mm f4.4 refractor lens (current project), 12" f/5 mirror (future project)
- Orion Vista 10x50s (5 deg), Sears #6207 7x35 (7 deg), Jason #138 Statesman 7x35 (11.5 deg)
Yes, I'm addicted to telescopes and binoculars. I am getting help. Every time I look at the heavens, it helps.
http://www.eyesonthesky.com
Edited by magic612 (11/05/09 09:55 PM)
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magic612
professor emeritus
Reged: 09/30/08
Posts: 542
Loc: Somewhere south of Chicago, IL
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Oops - double post. My bad.
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- Celestron C8+, Orion 90mm f/10, Orion ST-80, 5" f/8 Dob, 127mm f/9.4 refractor, 114mm f/8 on DS GoTo, 60mm Sears 6333-A, 127mm f4.4 refractor lens (current project), 12" f/5 mirror (future project)
- Orion Vista 10x50s (5 deg), Sears #6207 7x35 (7 deg), Jason #138 Statesman 7x35 (11.5 deg)
Yes, I'm addicted to telescopes and binoculars. I am getting help. Every time I look at the heavens, it helps.
http://www.eyesonthesky.com
Edited by magic612 (11/05/09 09:55 PM)
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Mr Magoo
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 11/05/05
Posts: 999
Loc: Franklin, Indiana
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It's really a sad commentary as to where science teaching has gone in some of our schools. When my son was in H.S. I went and spoke to his class on behalf of my Astronomical Society. The teacher showed me a 6" Celestron SCT that they had, but it had not been used in years and no one had a clue how to use it. He also told me about how they disposed of about 10 unused mirror making kits and some refractor kits when they moved into our new "state of the art" H.S.
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Franklin, IN
Member, Indiana Astronomical Society
B.S.A. Astronomy Merit Badge Counselor
6" f/10 Dob
Vintage Sears Discoverer 4-6305A 60mm
Vintage Manon 60mm (The Marsha Scope)
Criterion RV-6
My CN Photo Gallery
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AlienFirstClass
professor emeritus
Reged: 02/13/09
Posts: 734
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The 8" SCT for auction at shopgoodwill.com appears to have been relisted:
http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?itemID=5446149
Wonder what happened to the winning bidder? As I recall, it was up around $170 at auction's end last time.
LOL...wasn't this the scope with the mildrew INSIDE the scope?
The winning bidder likely bailed because the scope was junk.
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magic612
professor emeritus
Reged: 09/30/08
Posts: 542
Loc: Somewhere south of Chicago, IL
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Yes, it was - err... is. Of course, it's not like they made a secret of the mildew, which is why I couldn't understand why it bid so high. But even though the scope may or may not be any good, it's not like there aren't usable components on it. Shoot, the tripod and wedge alone are worth something, aren't they?
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- Celestron C8+, Orion 90mm f/10, Orion ST-80, 5" f/8 Dob, 127mm f/9.4 refractor, 114mm f/8 on DS GoTo, 60mm Sears 6333-A, 127mm f4.4 refractor lens (current project), 12" f/5 mirror (future project)
- Orion Vista 10x50s (5 deg), Sears #6207 7x35 (7 deg), Jason #138 Statesman 7x35 (11.5 deg)
Yes, I'm addicted to telescopes and binoculars. I am getting help. Every time I look at the heavens, it helps.
http://www.eyesonthesky.com
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habsburg8
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 07/07/05
Posts: 798
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An interesting combination of telescopes is found on the Hartford, Connecticut Craigslist. A classic orange Comet Catcher? on a 1980s Edmund equatorial mounting with tall pedestal base.
The ad was posted on November 11th, and the link to the website is found through:
http://hartford.craigslist.org/for/1451881716.html
(I am not the seller of the telescope.)
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DAVIDG
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/02/04
Posts: 1984
Loc: Hockessin, De
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It looks like the Comet Catcher is missing the corrector plate and the secondary holder is not original. If that is the case then the spherical abberation would be huge with a spherical f/3.5" mirror.
- Dave
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Homemade 'scopes 8"f/7,6" f/5", 6"f/4, 4.25" Schief. 60mm Coronagraph,60mm H-alpha system, 4.25" White-light Solar Newtonian,solar spectroscope, 4.5" f/16 Schupmann Medial refractor, 14 Stellafane awards 7 in optics
Engineering = Taking what you have and making what you need.
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habsburg8
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 07/07/05
Posts: 798
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A 1960s? Tasco 4.5-inch equatorially-mounted Newtonian reflector on the Tucson, Arizona Craigslist. The ad was posted on 11-01-09, and the link is found at:
http://tucson.craigslist.org/for/1446904617.html
(I am not the seller of the telescope.)
These are great beginner's scopes.
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