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[NinePlanets]

Here is my latest. Didn't see it in the list:

 

C5 SN 13816 8
(Manufactured 1st Q, 1978: SN 3816)

Corrector 5009 or 5409 ?

Motor date code 11 77

 

Came with standard 5x24 finder. Not laser and RACI...

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[MichiganUniverse]

I have  a C5+  Serial # 53049

 

The original manual has the address as being in Torrance California and a copyright date of 11-94.  I'm pretty sure I bought the telescope around 1995. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Adviser_III]

Check out this grand old C5, #229!

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[abe]

Check out this grand old C5, #229!

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That sure is/was a beaut.   Do those right angle 5x24 finders turn up on occasion or are they ultra rare?

[Kasmos]

That sure is/was a beaut.   Do those right angle 5x24 finders turn up on occasion or are they ultra rare?

Somewhere between on occasion and rare 

When they do turn up they tend to sell fast.

 

Actually it wouldn't be extremely hard to fashion one. Cut a standard straight thru version and mate it to a .965" diagonal. But, first experiment with a cardboard tube to get it right. 

[deSitter]

Somewhere between on occasion and rare 

When they do turn up they tend to sell fast.

 

Actually it wouldn't be extremely hard to fashion one. Cut a standard straight thru version and mate it to a .965" diagonal. But, first experiment with a cardboard tube to get it right. 

I bought a Meade "mirror lens" scope that came with an incredibly nice Japan-made 5x24 finder - no astigmatism, wide field and ultra-sharp crosshairs. The scope was soft, but the finder was worth the price.

 

-drl