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Cracked corrector plate, run?

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#26 Kefka1138

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Posted 14 June 2025 - 07:18 PM

Sad to see, but 'free to a good home' is the only way I'd take that scope.
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#27 arg0s

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Posted 15 June 2025 - 09:53 AM

OP, did the seller say they would be interested in a trade by chance?
 
 

 

 

As for a serious answer, that's honestly pretty good as far as cracks go, the image may still look fine, but at the end of the day, I would not pay more than however much you value having a premium Celestron themed trash can.


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#28 johnsoda

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Posted 15 June 2025 - 10:20 AM

I might buy it for $100 just to satisfy my curiosity as to whether you’ll get diffraction spikes on bright stars.

 

It is a little confusing, because this is in the “(No Astrophotography)” forum, but you say you use a SeeStar and most of the discussion appears to revolve around AP.  Are you looking to do visual work with this or AP or both?

 

I understand people’s concerns with a relatively inexperienced astrophotographer going to a long-focal-length scope, but I started AP with pretty much the exact same OTA (which, in hindsight, was probably a mistake), and I learned a lot with it.  Sounds like you’re getting experience with the SpaceCat, so I don’t think it’s that big a jump to this, especially with a focal reducer.  If you can get it cheap, I’d say go for it, and use it to learn.  I moved to a C11 EdgeHD, but I still use the C9.25 with HyperStar (which I agree would probably not be wise to put on a cracked corrector plate).




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