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CurtJ
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Reged: 05/04/12

Loc: Northern, NJ

"Schmidt" brand SCT? new

#5284079 - 06/22/12 03:57 PM

a nearby Craigslist posting is for what might be an interesting SCT, no poaching if its something:

http://southjersey.craigslist.org/for/3091876081.html

It is a yellow tubed, with yellow finder, SCT. The mount looks interesting. Not much more info other than it was bought in 1984 for $1,000.

I emailed for size and brand and etc. and all I got back was that it was "Schmidt" brand. I dunno, never heard of that, but who knows? Uncle Rod's CAT guide has no listing for a Schmidt brand nor does the blue book or anything else on the web. Plus, googling "schmidt sct" or "schmidt brand telescope" or "schmidt brand schmidt-cassegrain" obviously brings back the phone book on all SCT's made.

what do you make of it? a tasco re-painted?

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tim53
Postmaster

Reged: 12/17/04

Loc: Highland Park, CA

Re: "Schmidt" brand SCT? new

[Re: CurtJ]
#5284091 - 06/22/12 04:06 PM

Looks like a JSO (Japan Special Optics).

Definitely worth the asking price!!

-Tim.

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tim53
Postmaster

Reged: 12/17/04

Loc: Highland Park, CA

Re: "Schmidt" brand SCT? new

[Re: tim53]
#5284097 - 06/22/12 04:09 PM

Here's a cn review: JSO review

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tim53
Postmaster

Reged: 12/17/04

Loc: Highland Park, CA

Re: "Schmidt" brand SCT? new

[Re: tim53]
#5284099 - 06/22/12 04:10 PM

(go get it now!)

-Tim.

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apfever
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 05/13/08

Loc: Colorado

Re: "Schmidt" brand SCT? new

[Re: tim53]
#5284176 - 06/22/12 05:06 PM

That looks like a Mizar mount as well, worth the money by itself.

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Footbag
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 04/13/09

Loc: Scranton, PA

Re: "Schmidt" brand SCT? new

[Re: apfever]
#5284180 - 06/22/12 05:10 PM

If you don't buy it...

EDIT: Nevermind. But you should buy it.

Edited by Footbag (06/22/12 05:14 PM)

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rdandrea
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 06/13/10

Loc: Colorado, USA DM59ra

Re: "Schmidt" brand SCT? new

[Re: Footbag]
#5284191 - 06/22/12 05:17 PM

Glassboro is just a couple of hours on the Turnpike.

Go get it!

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tim53
Postmaster

Reged: 12/17/04

Loc: Highland Park, CA

Re: "Schmidt" brand SCT? new

[Re: rdandrea]
#5284198 - 06/22/12 05:25 PM

Hey, wait a minute!!!

The pic in the ad is identical to the one in this post from a year and a half ago!!

http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Number/4329788

Maybe PM Nemrod and ask him if he sold his to someone in New Jersey. I hope it's not a scam ad!!

-Tim.
-Tim

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CurtJ
member

Reged: 05/04/12

Loc: Northern, NJ

Re: "Schmidt" brand SCT? new

[Re: tim53]
#5284228 - 06/22/12 05:51 PM

it is the same photo. i smell something funny. but i've emailed the seller. well see.

thjanks for all the info and head's up on the potential scam.

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tim53
Postmaster

Reged: 12/17/04

Loc: Highland Park, CA

Re: "Schmidt" brand SCT? new

[Re: CurtJ]
#5284258 - 06/22/12 06:09 PM

It's bad enough that the seller didn't take a pic of their own telescope, but I see ads all the time where the seller just used a "stock photo" from the manufacturer, or something. But if he really has a JSO, can't he see "JSO" on the scope somewhere? And from what I can tell, the JSOs didn't have the word "schmidt" on them at all.

-Tim.

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starman876
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 04/28/08

Loc: VA

Re: "Schmidt" brand SCT? new

[Re: tim53]
#5284264 - 06/22/12 06:16 PM

Have you guys looked at the listing in the last few hours? Looks like new pics and this time of the front of the scope. Very cleary states it is a Soliger 114mm newtonian with a corrector plate on the front. Most likely just a piece of plate glass.

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starman876
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 04/28/08

Loc: VA

Re: "Schmidt" brand SCT? new

[Re: starman876]
#5284266 - 06/22/12 06:18 PM

now if you really want one of these let me know

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tim53
Postmaster

Reged: 12/17/04

Loc: Highland Park, CA

Re: "Schmidt" brand SCT? new

[Re: starman876]
#5284277 - 06/22/12 06:26 PM

I still see the same version as before.

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Ducky62
professor emeritus

Reged: 10/31/10

Loc: The ATL

Re: "Schmidt" brand SCT? new

[Re: CurtJ]
#5284279 - 06/22/12 06:28 PM

My guess is it turns out to be a Jason "Comet Chaser" Bird-Jones reflector. They're yellow and have an optical window which some confuse with a Schmidt corrector.

Whoops! I see the Soligor now. Those are "Diamond Z" right? Slightly better than the Jason(bigger aperture) but not worth $100 IMHO.

"no poaching if its something" isn't going to work, particularly if it really is a $100 JSO on a Mizar mount

Edited by Ducky62 (06/22/12 06:34 PM)

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charen
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 05/28/05

Loc: New Zealand

Re: "Schmidt" brand SCT? new

[Re: starman876]
#5284280 - 06/22/12 06:28 PM

That is not a SCT at all. It is a short tube Newt. with an inbuilt relay 2x barlow lens [ Bird Jones design] to reduce the aberrations form the spherical mirror. It may have 'Catadioptric' but it really is just a modified Newt. I have had several of these and mostly the image is inferior. These are a dime a dozen on E bay. I would avoid.

Chris

Edited by charen (06/22/12 07:19 PM)

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starman876
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 04/28/08

Loc: VA

Re: "Schmidt" brand SCT? new

[Re: charen]
#5284288 - 06/22/12 06:32 PM

The pictures earlier today were of a JSO scope.

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bob midiri
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 06/17/04

Loc: pa 19320

Re: "Schmidt" brand SCT? [Re: starman876]
#5284292 - 06/22/12 06:35 PM

Yes the picture has changed. Give him credit though he kept the same yellow color scheme!! It definitely was a SCT like the JSO, wonder what picture we will see tomorrow.

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astroRoy
professor emeritus

Reged: 07/09/11

Loc: Southern Oregon

Re: "Schmidt" brand SCT? new

[Re: tim53]
#5284298 - 06/22/12 06:41 PM

Quote:

I still see the same version as before.

Load the page again and hit F5 to refresh the page. An entirely different scope is pictured.

Roy

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apfever
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 05/13/08

Loc: Colorado

Re: "Schmidt" brand SCT? new

[Re: astroRoy]
#5284304 - 06/22/12 06:47 PM

No,no,no

The whole scope pictured now is totally different. NOW it is no longer the Mizar mount, it is a simple common cheap mount. I wouldn't touch this ad with a 10' OTA.

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starman876
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 04/28/08

Loc: VA

Re: "Schmidt" brand SCT? [Re: apfever]
#5284313 - 06/22/12 06:54 PM

I am glad you guys came to your senses.

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