Equatorial mount and tripod

[Steffen]

Hi all,
I have for sale a German-equatorial mount which appears to be an EQ3 clone. The mount is in good working condition but has a few usage marks. Please take a look at the attached pictures, I tried to capture the condition as truthfully as possible. You will notice that two of the tripod knobs lost their plastic grips, they can still be adjusted using a 10mm spanner (included :) ).

Included with the mount are:

the original aluminium tripod with metal accessory tray
an 18mm counter-weight bar with two counter-weights (1.5kg and 3kg)
a set of tube rings with a bit over 170mm inner diameter
an RA drive motor with hand controller and battery holder.


I'm asking $120 for the lot. Given its weight and bulk and lack of packing material I would prefer not to ship the mount.

Thanks for looking.
Cheers
Steffen.

[snowyskiesau]

Nice shots. I'll have to get you to take the photos of my equipment that I'm planning to sell.:)

[erick]

What make is the spanner? :question:







sorry - couldn't resist. Good luck with the sale. Nice package for someone who wants to try their 6" dob tube unit on RA-driven EQ mount - start tracking Jupiter at high magnification!! :thumbsup:

[adman]

Come on erick - really! Anyone can see its a Takahashi. $100 for the spanner, $20 for the mount! :)

(sorry steffen)

[Steffen]

Meh, not really. The lighting is fairly haphazard, but one of my strobes was playing up and I didn't want to spend too much effort on a $120 sale :P





Haha, you crack me up! I actually went to Bunnings for replacement knobs, but they only had Whitworth threaded ones, I needed M8…

Cheers
Steffen.

[el_draco]

.... and the batteries? :D

[Steffen]

If you call within the next ten minutes and pay by credit card I'll throw in the batteries. Sorry, I don't have any steak knives to give away… ;)

Cheers
Steffen.

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