Classic Telescopes
Telescopes from an era gone by. The place to discuss older telescopes. Antiques, flea market finds, and scopes from grandpa's attic. From the 1780's to the mid-1990's - refractors, reflectors, and early SCT's. Discussing all aspects of restoring, collecting, and observing with older scopes. Discussion of 25-year-old scopes still in production is OK but please don't post newer examples of those, except for actual side-by-side comparisons to demonstrate detail changes.
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Post a Picture of Your Classic Telescope- with or without you!Started by BarabinoSr , 16 Aug 2013 |
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Free To A Good Home -The Giveaway Thread-Started by Chuck Hards , 15 Sep 2015 |
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Use of vintage eyepiece sun filters.Started by Jon Marinello , 30 May 2011 |
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Welcome New Moderators!Started by Chuck Hards , 19 Jan 2019 |
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How to not see a user's postsStarted by sgorton99 , 12 Oct 2016 |
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Instructional Thread - How to post a shortened linkStarted by Chuck Hards , 21 May 2016 |
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Historical classic or antique scope threads and linksStarted by droid , 26 Aug 2014 |
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Useful Classic Scopes LinksStarted by Glassthrower , 15 Apr 2007 |
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John Mallas' 4" UnitronStarted by Tim Hager , 28 Jan 2018 |
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Info on Carton 10 cm Newtonian ReflectorStarted by Dirko , Yesterday, 12:48 PM  classic, reflector
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New member with my first SCT....a Dynamax 8Started by Pjacob77 , Yesterday, 05:52 PM |
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Meade 1266 projectStarted by The Planetman , 27 Jan 2015 |
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Craigslist, eBay, and other vintage, classic telescope adsStarted by CharlieB , 31 Jul 2019 |
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Craigslist, ebay and other Vintage Telescope FindsStarted by Datapanic , 13 Jul 2014 |
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Good classic mount for 60 mm Sears?Started by Wildetelescope , Yesterday, 12:19 PM |
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Any Zeiss Telementor II owners?Started by rolo , 03 Jul 2019 classic
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Celestron C90 RegistryStarted by Masvingo , 23 May 2018 |
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New Member with 100mm Royal Astro telescopeStarted by humner , 02 Aug 2019 |
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What did you do to your Scope/Mount Today?Started by orion61 , 06 Jan 2015 |
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Old Vixen Subscope BracketsStarted by doolsduck , Yesterday, 12:48 AM |
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Let's uncork a fine Red, the Tasco 11TStarted by clamchip , 16 Aug 2019 |
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Newbie Seeking Discussion on Nikon TelescopesStarted by Nikon ED65 , 29 Dec 2015 |
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Vixen Sky Scope 80s /560mmStarted by Marcus Roman , 26 Jul 2018 |
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Zeiss Coudé telescope rebfurbishStarted by Peter Ceravolo , 14 Jan 2019 |
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So I picked up a 60x910 Monolux 4380 today for 20 bucksStarted by scrufy , 13 Aug 2019 |
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Cave Astrola RA Drive Electrical Help NeededStarted by Scott Busby , 16 Aug 2019 |
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Some Velvetone C8 repair questionsStarted by Augustus , 18 Aug 2019 |
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"New" member, old 'scope: Zeiss 60mm (A type)Started by kildeerplover , 11 Aug 2019 classic, equipment, refractor
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Tasco 50mm 66TE - Can We Bring It Back To Life?Started by drbesq , 15 Aug 2019 beginner, classic, equipment and 1 more...
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Swift 831 has arrived!Started by Spyke , 15 Aug 2019 |
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What did you observe with your classic telescope today ?Started by photiost , 29 Jan 2016 |
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Why we love the orange CelestronsStarted by starman876 , 13 Jul 2019 |
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Pelican Case for a vintage C8Started by cbwerner , 16 Aug 2019 |
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Finally achieved focus with 1.25" eyepieces!Started by sneeds , 16 Aug 2019 |
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Starmaster FX 18Started by louvasta , 16 Aug 2019 |
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Chinese 60mm 1.25 solutionStarted by squirrels , 04 Aug 2019 |
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Restoring a Hy-Score Model 457 for DisplayStarted by Bomber Bob , 27 Apr 2019 classic, equipment, refractor
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Eyepieces for the PZO T50x70 maksutov telescopeStarted by Bagwell , 13 Mar 2019 |
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4.5 inch reflector is there a great one?Started by vtornado , 28 May 2018 |
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Tasco 304 RefractorStarted by LDW47 , 06 Jan 2019 |
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UPS Lost my Mirrors! (And other Dynascope restoration woes.)Started by otacsum , 02 Aug 2019 |
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Clock drivesStarted by rogue river art , 06 Apr 2019 |
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Restoration of Criterion RV-4 DeluxeStarted by DAVIDG , 28 Jun 2019 |
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Tiny Classic Pics and ObservationsStarted by rolo , 09 Jul 2019 |
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Technical Instrument Corp. 76.2x1000mmStarted by jragsdale , 19 Feb 2019 |
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Let the antique speak for itself...Started by John Higbee , 06 Jan 2019 |
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'77 C8 on an iOptron CEM25PStarted by B 26354 , 16 May 2018 |
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Good Afternoon, I won this used telescope in a raffle but it seems no one can identify it.Started by danyune , 06 Aug 2019 |
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Antares 0.965" Plossls -- A Classicist's Dream?Started by Joe Cepleur , 10 Mar 2011 |
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Mid 80's C8 as bad as Dynamax 8 ?Started by rolo , 07 Aug 2019 catadioptric, classic, optics and 1 more...
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