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Old 21-10-2018, 09:56 AM
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New Tak le7.5 in Japan?

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Just surfing the net on a lazy Sunday morning and came across a new looking takahashi Le 7.5 eyepiece on a Japanese website. Kyoei-osaka.jp

Looks to have a blackened barrel with a threaded stop?
Checked mine to compare, definitely no barrel stop.
Not sure what the thread is intended for, any ideas?
The barrel looks smaller to me, possibly for a spotting scope maybe.
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Old 21-10-2018, 10:08 AM
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Compared to a normal LE 7.5mm the barrel looks much narrower relative to the upper part. I wonder if someone has adapted it to a 0.965" barrel?
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Old 21-10-2018, 12:38 PM
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Agree with Morton - either a 0.956 adaptor, or someone simply screwed the chrome barrel off.
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Old 21-10-2018, 01:28 PM
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Agree with Morton - either a 0.956 adaptor, or someone simply screwed the chrome barrel off.

Of course, just looks like the chrome barrel has been removed.
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Old 21-10-2018, 03:31 PM
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Yep!
Somebody just unscrewed the chrome barrel.
Interesting it does measure just under an inch in diameter though.
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Old 22-10-2018, 09:44 AM
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Hi,

Just surfing the net on a lazy Sunday morning and came across a new looking takahashi Le 7.5 eyepiece on a Japanese website. Kyoei-osaka.jp
What a small world... That's the first and only physical Astro shop I've ever set foot in. There's nothing in Townsville Going back in 3 weeks - woot.
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