Skywatcher 6" f/5 refractor

[casstony]

Skywatcher 6" f/5 achro including ota, rings, dovetail, finderscope and bracket. Black diamond paintwork. All in near new condition with very little dust on the objective.

Price $500 + post

[dannat]

" Weighing about 3kg. (6.5lbs.) the optical tube assembly is readily carried and with a compressed length of approximately 50cm (21.7") it is easily transported"
Tony I copied this off the skywatcher website, can this weight be correct? Seems it should be 6.5 kg , not lbs

Actually further down I read this "Tube Weight 6.59Kgs "

[MortonH]

I think they copied that from another page. The spec listing at the side says 6.5kg and 76.5cm long.

[casstony]

The Skywatcher site is unreliable - a lot of their specs are wrong. According to my bathroom scales this scope is about 16 pounds with rings/dovetail and about 80cm long including the dewsheild.

[brian nordstrom]

I have one and I would not know its exact weight , my CG5 carries it easily and driven , :thumbsup: its an awsome deep sky scope , close to a friends Meade 8 inch .