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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Classic Telescopes Looking for Odds and Ends-The Ask Away ThreadStarted by mdowns , 13 Mar 2022 |
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Free To A Good Home -The Giveaway ThreadStarted by Chuck Hards , 15 Sep 2015 |
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60x800 Classic Refractors - Who Made 'Em?Started by Bomber Bob , 15 Jan 2022  Classic, Equipment, Refractor
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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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Craigslist,eBay and other vintage/classic telescope adsStarted by mdowns , 01 Nov 2022 |
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Classic scopes from the 1900 - 1940's. Show them offStarted by tony_spina , 01 Jun 2019 |
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Is this an unbranded TascoStarted by AtmosFearIC , Yesterday, 05:55 AM |
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10” Meade F6.3 SCT year of origin?Started by Flyingsnow , 26 Nov 2022 Meade, SCT
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Mogey 5" Alt-Azimuth RescueStarted by jragsdale , 16 Nov 2022 |
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Unitron History ProjectStarted by combatdad , 30 Aug 2014 |
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Classic Telescopes in TV, Hollywood and MoviesStarted by Terra Nova , 13 Dec 2012 |
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What did you observe with your classic telescope today ?Started by photiost , 29 Jan 2016 |
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What did you do to your Scope/Mount Today?Started by orion61 , 06 Jan 2015 |
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Refractor Identification - please help !Started by The captain , Yesterday, 09:03 AM |
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Bringing a “legendary” scope back to lifeStarted by dariv , 10 Oct 2022 |
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classic toy scopesStarted by grif 678 , 20 Nov 2022 |
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Old Scopes and Modern ImagingStarted by Bomber Bob , 07 Feb 2017 ccd, classic, equipment, imaging
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servicing older Meade TesescopesStarted by allen baylus , 25 Nov 2022 |
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What is this Barlow?Started by The Ardent , 26 Nov 2022 |
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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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Celestron C8 RegistryStarted by Masvingo , 06 Jan 2013 |
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Should I try to clean this corrector plate?Started by RLP , 20 Nov 2022 Celestron, Classic, SCT
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doubts about mak Intes ever seenStarted by oceanoprofondo7 , 25 Nov 2022 |
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Link Discussion in Mounts about Old Drive CorrectorStarted by JohnH , 25 Nov 2022 |
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Vintage Telescope FindsStarted by CharlieB , 13 Aug 2020 |
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Vintage Tasco TelescopeStarted by starbreather , 23 Nov 2022 Equipment, Refractor
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Tasco 7TE-5 Objective Cell DisassemblyStarted by dblstar , 04 Jun 2022 |
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Goodwill Tasco 851trStarted by Protheus , 23 Nov 2022 |
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1934 Astron-o-set refractorStarted by Chris Cook , 22 Nov 2022 |
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Almost NOS Meade 7" MCT LX50Started by tim53 , 10 May 2022 |
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SP-C102 with SkysensorStarted by Red Giant , 04 May 2021 |
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Got a Gilbert "80 power" reflector and a crazy idea, may need adviceStarted by Protheus , 14 Nov 2022 |
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About Hans G. Beck & the Zeiss telementorStarted by Doraemon , 19 Nov 2022 |
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Towa Model 339 on my DS-114 gotoStarted by SamTheMan , 19 Nov 2022 |
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Need help - adjusting a Polarex-Unitron model 114 altaz mountStarted by moladso , 21 Nov 2022 |
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Anyone know what this Celestron/Vixen accessory is?Started by Talusman , 16 Nov 2022 |
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Question for Unitron 114 ownersStarted by petmic , 26 Oct 2022 |
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10" Astroworks Maksutov Newtonian infoStarted by wacopsc , 21 Jan 2022 |
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Prinz Astral 500 Finderscope...Started by merlin100 , 20 Nov 2022 |
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Meade 80mm smooth alt az questionStarted by starfinder123123 , 09 Nov 2022 |
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Has anyone heard of a Refractor manufacture named (SNS japan)Started by Supernova74 , 19 Nov 2022 |
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Scope 60mm Japanese refractorStarted by Chris Cook , 12 Nov 2022 |
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Vintage C8 Tripod Missing Top PlateStarted by radiosteve1 , 18 Nov 2022 |
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Meade LXD 55/75 SN replacement focusers-do they still exist?Started by midwestastronomer , 15 Nov 2022 |
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Astro Physics Starfire 152 f9Started by donadani , 29 Oct 2022 |
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Unknown Brass Telescope, heavy mounts, military?Started by Starmorbi , 25 Oct 2022 |
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Selsi 247 80/1200Started by eric_zeiner , 11 May 2022 |
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New Guy here - looking for eyepieces for vintage scopeStarted by loworange88 , 16 Nov 2022 |
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LX200 Classic within the ZWO Ecosystem braindumpStarted by jetty , 17 Nov 2022 |
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