Intes Mk-65 150mm F10 Maksutov

[PeterHA]

This is a good condition Intes MK-65 Maksutov.
Comes with Rowi Bag, Stardiagonal with integrated helical focuser, 50mm finder, hand grip, camera microfocuser and black fibreglass dew-shield, front cap (aluminium), rear cap (plastic) and a wooden carrier to stand it in style.
This is a version from APM Teleskopes in Germany with collimation screws (push/ pull) on the rear cell.

$350 + postage but I prefer pickup in Clayton or Glen Waverley.

[PeterHA]

Picture of wooden Maksutov stand and how it fits in the bag.
Both included.

[f.robert]

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Dear Peter,
I live in Mount Waverley, Vic and would be very interested to have a look at your scope, if still available.

My main question (due to a bad back) is: how heavy is it?
The other question is how it mounts: what (threaded) holes are available or what brackets are needed?

Regards, Alfred

[PeterHA]

Here an image of the base with 1 x 3/8 and 2 x 1/4" threaded holes.

[PeterHA]

Scope is 3.9 kg light incl 50mm finder and start diagonal/ focuser.

When I used it last I had a set of Baader Eudiascopic, the same as the 5 element Clestron Ultima, and the back focus was adjusted so all 6 eyepieces between 7.5 mm and 35 mm would work fine.
As this Mak has a fully adjustable main mirror the back focus can be adjusted by moving the mirror slightly.
My eyepieces gave me magnifications from 42 - 200x, 1 had
7.5, 10, 12.5, 15, 20, 35.

Regards,

Peter

[MortonH]

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