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Old 26-02-2019, 10:35 AM
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Bintel GSO RC12A Truss Ritchey Chretien

Selling off all my backyard gear

My GSO12A was used more or less exclusively for Spectro and Photometry work (though I may have sneaked off a shot or two of Saturn while slacking off).

Solid performer which holds collimation well and produces perfect tiny donuts either side of focus. Sold with all the bits originally in the box, but no box, including an unused nylon sock/shroud.


The moonlite focuser which was originally included has sold; accordingly, the price of the telescope has been reduced!


GSO12A - $2500


Some other bits I will be listing for sale in the next day or two include:


Optec TCF-S3 Focuser - $1500
Losmandy Titan mount - $5000
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Old 26-02-2019, 01:05 PM
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HI was wondering the condition of mirrors and why tude is white instead of black..cheers
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Old 26-02-2019, 04:58 PM
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When I purchased it secondhand about two years ago the main mirror was pretty dusty, I was also struggling with some collimation issues. So I decided to pull it down, clean the mirror and check the mirror support. A friend is a professional automotive spray painter and offered to spray it for me while the 'scope was in a million bits.

This is not the first GSO RC I've owned, and I was bored with the whole "black-on-black" thing. We were going to go with a cheerful candy apple red, but I thought white was more professional and scientific looking.

To be concise, the reason it is white is because of dust and a short attention span

The mirrors are both perfect with no blemishes of any kind, though like all RCs, just a little dusty.
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Old 27-02-2019, 02:54 PM
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Hi. Would you sell the Moonlite separately?
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Old 27-02-2019, 03:57 PM
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Happy to sell the 2.5 Moonlite but have already had a couple of requests to sell, though it is not yet sold.


The Moonlite is in great condition, comes with the GSO and large SCT (C14) adapters. It was replaced with a $2500 Optec TCF-S3 only because of all the crap I had hanging off it.
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Old 28-02-2019, 06:31 PM
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What's the weight of this puppy. Wish you had gone for the candy apple red, that would have been awesome
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Old 01-03-2019, 11:08 AM
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Weighs in at 24.1Kg as pictured. Bintel website says 23.7 but that figure might not include the extension tubes and focuser.

There are three extension tubes, and they are pretty beefy, seriously well made bits of kit too.

And yes, I sometimes regret not going with the hot rod look.

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Old 19-04-2019, 01:12 PM
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Query

Has this scope been sold?
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Old 21-04-2019, 10:42 PM
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No, still for sale .
 

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