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ving
08-12-2006, 03:26 PM
browsing ebay today i found this 16" dob. anyone got a spare $1k?



http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Astronomical-Telescope_W0QQitemZ150067996737QQih Z005QQcategoryZ3636QQrdZ1QQcmdZView Item

looks pretty genuine to me :)
i am guessing that you'd have to live in melbourne tho.
matt
08-12-2006, 03:59 PM
Wow. That's an impressive amount of aperture and add-ons for a thousand bucks!

If it's genuine, and there's every reason to believe it is, it's a really good offer
ving
08-12-2006, 04:03 PM
if i was in melbourne!!!!!!

(cheryl still wouldnt let me have it :P)
mick pinner
08-12-2006, 04:06 PM
l've been in touch with the guy and he seems genuine enough to me, keeping my eye on it.
mickoking
08-12-2006, 05:49 PM
Sounds like a fantastic bargain to me. I hope some happy Victorian IIS'er buys it then brags about it :P
iceman
08-12-2006, 08:02 PM
Wow, i'd go for it if I was in melbourne (and didn't want an EQ6).
GrahamL
08-12-2006, 08:22 PM
Do the buy and sell crew on e bay get into astronomy gear much ?
Would be a real shame if some idiot payed a packet for it just to try and resell, would be kinda funny when they went to pick it up though
I believe thats around 170 pounds sitting there .

good luck with your bidding
toetoe
08-12-2006, 08:51 PM
I haven't seen or heard of a Meade like this one before but i learn something new about this hobby each week or so. Maybe i should go for a drive and check it out. Not knowing to much about this type of scope, i would have to say that this is a bargain.:shrug:
stephenmcnelley
08-12-2006, 09:42 PM
You havent heard of that scope range after more than 1000 posts?
All the more power to you toetoe.
wavelandscott
08-12-2006, 10:01 PM
Not what I thought the post was about...;)

Sounds like a good sized set-up for the price...
h0ughy
08-12-2006, 10:04 PM
things like this taunt and tease one so much, I cant bear it anymore. Aperture is King......
ballaratdragons
08-12-2006, 11:15 PM
Yes, it is a genuine ad. The owner sent an email to the SVAA offering it for sale to any interested members, and mentions he has also submitted it on ebay.

In the email he has supplied his full name, address, Phone number and names the Astro society he is a member of in Melbourne. But it is not my place to make it public in here. If he wanted it made public, he would place it himself.

Looks like a bargain until the bidding starts!
Starkler
09-12-2006, 12:24 AM
I would want to inspect and view through it first.
While I have heard some of those Meade mirrors were great, others were also dogs.
spacezebra
10-12-2006, 02:52 PM
Nice piece of equipment - 16'' of apperature even nicer.

Cheers Petra
Satchmo
11-12-2006, 12:03 PM
Yes , I'd concur about view through these before buy. I've refigured a couple of such mirrors that I rated as useful at low power only.
h0ughy
11-12-2006, 12:41 PM
would it be worth buying to rebuild in a truss scope Mark, and if crook optics get them refigured and coated, or just go with the new meade lightbridges?:shrug: