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[pairofdocs]

My brother picked up a Tasco 3Te 76mm x 700mm reflector for me in pristine condition for $10 at a house sale. Pictures when I get chance

[deSitter]

My brother picked up a Tasco 3Te 76mm x 700mm reflector for me in pristine condition for $10 at a house sale. Pictures when I get chance

That is a rarity! Good 3" reflectors can punch above their class. At f/10 a 3" spherical mirror can be more or less perfect.

 

-drl

[AstroDan2015]

Sounds like a real little gem. My first scope was an Edmund 3" Reflector. I had so much fun observing through it. To this day I can still close my eyes and see myself peering through the eyepiece as a 13-year-old and looking at all of the wonderous celestial sights and practically jumping out of my shoes with excitement.

[Garyth64]

My first telescope was a Tasco 3" reflector.  I got it for Christmas in 1964.  I learned the night sky with it.

 

I have 3 of these scopes. 

 

 

 

This one is like my original, but mine had a wood tripod, and a push-pull focuser.

 

-if you notice the label, it is on wrong, but it is the only thing left of my first one.

Edited by Garyth64, 02 March 2025 - 10:17 PM.

[pairofdocs]

Sounds like a real little gem. My first scope was an Edmund 3" Reflector. I had so much fun observing through it. To this day I can still close my eyes and see myself peering through the eyepiece as a 13-year-old and looking at all of the wonderous celestial sights and practically jumping out of my shoes with excitement.

My first scope was also a 3” Edmund Space Conqueror

[DouglasPaul]

"Pictures when I get a chance", such a tease....

[pairofdocs]

Okay first pictures arriving from my brother

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[pairofdocs]

More images Unfortunately no yoke to hold the tube.

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[Terra Nova]

The first telescope I ever looked thru that wasn’t a toy was an Edmund 3” F10 baby newt that belonged to friends of the family back in the late summer of 1964. That’s the first time I saw Saturn’s rings. It encouraged me to ask for a pair of binoculars for my birthday two months later. The rest, as they say, is history.

[pairofdocs]

Terra:

in my case it was David Smith at Scotia Glenville high school, my 9th grade earth science teacher.We were taught how, with adult supervision, how to operate the schools observatory. He also “loaned” me the schools 4” Fecker reflector. It was down hill from there. I bought a 3” Edmund reflector and moved up from there