JRC
12-12-2014, 11:25 AM
Antares 1529 6" f 6.5 refractor. Big bright views from a relatively well corrected achromat. a lot easier to handle than an F8.
These were advertised at the time as being 'semi-ED' which is probably a bit of an overstatement but overall its an instrument I have been very pleased with. Stars are disks to the edge - no appreciable coma or SA & colour is very well corrected.
I am upgrading however and I need to make room.
Whats included: OTA with collimatable lens cell (more recent versions of this scope are not collimatable which has raised issues - see CN- this one if you think its a bit off - adjust it! - I did and its spot on (for my eyes anyway).
Optics clear. CA well controlled. see moon pic
2" crayford focuser incl 1 1/4" adapter(a $200 option I put on myself because the original focuser was pretty rough and caused some vignetting- binned it. Vignetting does not occur now even with an 82 deg FOV EP) .
50mm finder (not sure of mag - 7 or 8- bright wide field)
Ring/saddle & vixen mounting plate. Dew cap & Endcaps.
Losmandy plate, star diagonal, eyepiece, altaz mount in pics NOT included .
$550 but I'm open to offers. Pickup preferred (Lindfield - N suburbs of Sydney. Mt Victoria (Blue Mtns) also OK). Weighs about 12 kg with finder.
Imported by me from Canadian dealer(about) 2007. Call me 0408 444 312 to discuss or email jcroker and my URL is bigpond net au (preferred over PMs)
These were advertised at the time as being 'semi-ED' which is probably a bit of an overstatement but overall its an instrument I have been very pleased with. Stars are disks to the edge - no appreciable coma or SA & colour is very well corrected.
I am upgrading however and I need to make room.
Whats included: OTA with collimatable lens cell (more recent versions of this scope are not collimatable which has raised issues - see CN- this one if you think its a bit off - adjust it! - I did and its spot on (for my eyes anyway).
Optics clear. CA well controlled. see moon pic
2" crayford focuser incl 1 1/4" adapter(a $200 option I put on myself because the original focuser was pretty rough and caused some vignetting- binned it. Vignetting does not occur now even with an 82 deg FOV EP) .
50mm finder (not sure of mag - 7 or 8- bright wide field)
Ring/saddle & vixen mounting plate. Dew cap & Endcaps.
Losmandy plate, star diagonal, eyepiece, altaz mount in pics NOT included .
$550 but I'm open to offers. Pickup preferred (Lindfield - N suburbs of Sydney. Mt Victoria (Blue Mtns) also OK). Weighs about 12 kg with finder.
Imported by me from Canadian dealer(about) 2007. Call me 0408 444 312 to discuss or email jcroker and my URL is bigpond net au (preferred over PMs)