C14 Resurrection

[astroboy]

Not quite up to Kunama's standard but I've been working on restoring a neglected C14 for some time .
The paint work was scratched all over , the drives didn't work , missing screws and the optics needed cleaning and putting back into their correct orientation .
It now works well giving great views at high power on steady nights.
Not too shabby for a scope thats over 30 years old.
Just have to find a new project now.

Zane

[astroboy]

Hmmmm thats strange the colour looks far too red ( it should be a rich orange colour ) but looks ok in PS any ideas ?

Z

[asimov]

Great work!

[h0ughy]

great project with some classic looks ;)

[astroboy]

Thanks Houghy and John
Its great to have the scope I would dream of owning when I was a teenager but never thought I would .

Z

[Kunama]

Beautiful result Zane, I love these resurrections of the classics.
Lazarus rides again!

[astroboy]

Thanks Matt , this scope restoration is addictive where will it end ?
The C14 so big that Lazarus can ride again , inside the tube !

Z

[Steffen]

It looks much more orange using the Adobe RGB colour profile (but probably still not 100% correct since my screen can't display the full Adobe RGB gamut). The image has no profile embedded, so most web browsers will assume sRGB. You probably want to convert the image to sRGB before saving.

Cheers
Steffen.

[Kunama]

Give Lars a call, he is bound to have something around the place you can work on !!! :D:D

[astroboy]

Thanks for the tip Steffen I'll try that .
Yes Matt I'm over due for a trip to Lars's Telescope Emporium .

Z

[Satchmo]

Zane- another worthy improvement would be at least MgF2 coatings on the corrector plate. Those old SCT's had pretty poor light transmission .

[asimov]

Yell out when you want to sell it Z.

Red ones cut threw the seeing better ;)

[astroboy]

Its only a matter of time John

Zane

[mental4astro]

Nicely pimped, Zane. I too am one for breathing new life into these older girls. :thumbsup:

Mark mentions having the corrector coated. I wonder where such a large item could have done?

[Satchmo]

Alex - Saintech would be able to do it - it would take two coating runs so cost would be a factor. Gain for both sides would total about 6% tyransmission. Would probably be cheaper to get a 99% enhanced coating on the secondary.

Mark

[LewisM]

Geez, I didn't think Tasco ever made a C14 :) ;) :P

Yes, it is a little red here :D

Got to say, the old Celestron Orange looks a darned side better than Meade's new Mexican crushed bug blue...

[Ric]

Nice work Zane

I used to dream about owing one of them.

Cheers

[trek1701]

Nice Zane

Did you have much trouble resurrecting the drives?
Mine still work well, Ive only had the corector removed to be cleaned.

Cheers Mark

[Nikolas]

Where did you pick that up?
Great resurrection and yes it does look a touch red as well.

[astroboy]

Hi Mark
I had to adjust the RA drive and reset the Dec spring thing that gives the electrical connection , a lot simpler than I expected , you can be lucky some times.

Z