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Okay so now its a lamp but what mount?

Started by Defenderslideguitar , Nov 24 2024 08:43 PM

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#1 Defenderslideguitar

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Posted 24 November 2024 - 08:43 PM

Just couldn't put this in the ads thread

okay somebody thought it was a great lamp idea

I am just curious as to what the mount is?

Ideas?

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#2 CharLakeAstro

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Posted 24 November 2024 - 08:47 PM

Sacrilege!!!

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#3 NiteGuy

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Posted 24 November 2024 - 08:51 PM

Do you have to polar align it before every time you turn it on?

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#4 fmeschia

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Posted 24 November 2024 - 08:55 PM

Looks like a Vixen Super Polaris, in the black livery that used to be sold with the Super Polaris C8.

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#5 Defenderslideguitar

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Posted 24 November 2024 - 08:58 PM

Looks like an SP way the vixen bar mounts

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#6 Russell Smith

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Posted 24 November 2024 - 09:12 PM

I'm not normally in favor of revocation of citizenship, but...

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#7 Exnihilo

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Posted 24 November 2024 - 09:15 PM

Yeah it’s an SP. But the tripods aren’t teak.

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#8 deSitter

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Posted 24 November 2024 - 09:25 PM

Just couldn't put this in the ads thread

okay somebody thought it was a great lamp idea

I am just curious as to what the mount is?

Ideas?

https://www.facebook...1251844235152"}

It's not dead it's just pining for the canals of Mars! Vixen Super Polaris with Hands-On Optics legs? That can be saved and you can even make another lamp with the lamp parts!

-drl

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#9 Eric Weder

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Posted 24 November 2024 - 10:04 PM

Legs look original, they're the same shade as on my SP tripod. I don't think they're teak, too light for that.

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#10 DouglasPaul

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Posted 24 November 2024 - 10:34 PM

It's not dead it's just pining for the canals of Mars! Vixen Super Polaris with Hands-On Optics legs? That can be saved and you can even make another lamp with the lamp parts!

-drl

It could be saved, but at $400.00 would it be worth it?

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#11 RichA

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Posted 25 November 2024 - 01:45 AM

Etsy disease.

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#12 jrkorman

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Posted 25 November 2024 - 02:24 AM

It could be saved, but at $400.00 would it be worth it?

I purchased that mount with a Celestron C8, and 1/2 dozen eye pieces, and some books for roughly half that. Four years ago, so not that far back. Lamp isn't worth that much.