doug mc
10-01-2014, 04:20 PM
Have for sale a home constructed 8inch f/6 newtonian. The tube assembly i made myself, the eq mount is a made in japan Carton, a little heavier duty than a eq5. The mount has a ra. drive and controller, also slow motion control flex cables. The tube is made from metal formatube. The primary mirror is an american made Parks, and is an excellent optic. It is only about two years old and i still have the certification certificate. Full thickness, fine annealed pyrex. The secondary is only 20 percent obstruction 40mm minor axis. It was and is set up as a visual scope, lunar and planetary. The mirror cell is a plywood type and holds collimation well. It is hard to put a price on this, so i am asking for offers. It would also be a pick up only. A Tectron Telescopes rack and pinion focuser and a telrad is included. Tamborine Mountain is at the back of the Gold Coast in Queensland, so arangements could be made for anyone from Brisbane to Gold Coast. I also have a pair of tube rings for Skywatcher Saxon 8inch tube. I could refit Parks mirror into your tube assembly and mount it on the equatorial mount. Also tube rings for 6inch GSO newtonian tube.