Any interest in a Takahashi CN212?

[Emanuele]

hi all!

I am considering the sale of my incredibly mint and happy Takahashi CN212 which has been babied since I got it!
I believe it is one of the last models built, if not the last one. I bought it in 2007!

Less than 150 of those were made by Takahashi in the course of 10 years period, I have been told, and it is just an incredibly instrument.

It would come with:
Takahashi Tube Clamp
Takahashi collimation scope (for Cassagrian side)
LightPipe collimation scope (for Newtonian side)
Newtonian Kit (brand new, never used)
All documents and certificates.

I'm just wanting to know if there would be any interest for it at this point. I'm looking to trade for an APS size CCD or sell outright is the offer is a good one!

Emanuele

[Lester]

Hi Emanuele, what F ratio is the scope in both configurations?

Thanks.

[gbeal]

Lester. It is essentially an 8.3" Classical Cassegrain (F/12) or Newtonian (F/4) convertible telescope.
Does this help?
I am torn between cashing up a few items and grabbing something like this or sitting on my hands, boy are we ever spoilt for choice.
Gary

[Emanuele]

Lester, what Gary said! :)

Thanks Gary for answering that!

[Wavytone]

Even if you are yearning for something different now, you will probably regret parting with this:

(a) the optics are not just good, they are excellent,
(b) it's a convenient size for throwing in the car for some casual visual observing when it suits you,
(c) at f/3.9 or f/12 it's ideal for widefield or planetary.

To do significantly better you'll have to go for a short 14" dob (visual use) PLUS a larger SCT such as the 16" Meade ACF or RCX - a 10 or 12" is not that much bigger than what you have to matter. If portability is an issue then you're in for a shock lifting a 12" SCT.

The other downside is that its not exactly a "grab & go" scope. If that is what you really want to do, plus some widefield photography, then a 100 mm refractor in the range f/6-f/7 seems to be the go.

But you will regret parting with this.

If you still want to sell let me know in a month or two, I'd be interested.

[ubique]

How much do you want for it?

[Emanuele]

wavytone: thank you for your comments. I know that everything you said is true....I'm just looking at this point to see if there would be any interest in it and how much would people offer for it . I'm not really settled on selling it just yet....

Ubique....I accept very serious offers... :)