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Derivious
25-11-2015, 10:59 AM
Hi there i spotted this scope at my local pawn shop.
No where on it can my wife find it's model ect.
Its about $50 bucks and i'm curious if anyone is familar with it.
I'm personally not interested in the scope itself (maybe as a secondary though) but am more interested in it's eye pieces. there is 3 and a barlow which would help me a lot.
Apparently my wife cant tell if they are less than an inch(0.965) or greater(1.25) either???:screwy:
Sorry they are all terrible shots but again my wife took them.
Any info would be very appreciated

Derivious
25-11-2015, 11:02 AM
Mmy apoligies forgot to mention it's a saxon

mental4astro
25-11-2015, 11:34 AM
Hey Tyrone,

Those are 0.96" eyepieces - leave them alone if you want something for yourself. The scope is a little 76mm reflector. Great for kids. The mount is terrible, but the scope makes for a great dob-mount making project. I found such a scope in a council chuck-out, and made a dobbie mount for it, and the kid's scored a scope of their own, :)

Mental.

brian nordstrom
26-11-2015, 03:29 PM
:thumbsup: Yep Alex is right , its a Saxon 76mm Newtonion reflector , I grabbed one at cashies a few years ago , optically pretty good but the mount was rubbish ! , I remounted it on an old EQ2 I had and gave it to another budding astronomer .
Brian.