PM sent about the Meade SCT
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Originally Posted by mental4astro
Hello all,
I need to sadly find new homes for some of my precious scopes and some odds and ends.
* Meade 2080B SCT OTA. Bit of a blast from the past. This is the first Meade SCT presented on a GEM. This scope is in OK condition, the UHTC has started to deteriorate and is a little patchy, but the image it throws up is still fantastic. The mirrors are still in pristine condition with next to no dust on the primary. The OTA comes with its original dovetail plate, and the original finder mounting frame (no finder came with it), and I can add a Celestron 1.25" visual back if required (not pictured). The scope comes in an older leather stiff leather case that is well padded. This SCT can be mounted onto a Meade set of forks as the mounting screws are on the OTA. Asking $400, pick up.
Yes, this is the 2080 I've been chasing for so long and finally found. I mounted it once onto the Meade set of forks I have and am most impressed with the image quality it gave. I'm only selling it as it has finally dawned on me that as I already have an older Celestron C8, I just found needing to dismount the Meade SCT to replace the video rig, and vice versa, it is just too tedious a task to be doing constantly. I actually have no ultimate preference between either this Meade or the orange tube C8 - the Meade might, just might have an edge over the old C8, but it is only because the Meade forks I have is also my video rig that I am letting go of this lovely old blue girl,  .
* 80mm f/5 achromat with a 2" GSO refractor Crayford focuser and a 1.25" reducing bushing. Its lens is a Surplus Shed coated lens in a cell set into PVC tubing, and a long PVC dew shield. This little scope also comes with a clamshell clamp and a short dovetail plate. The lens is in excellent condition. This scope has given me fantastic widefield views with the 2" focuser. Asking $150, pick up.
* Polar alignment scope for an EQ5 in excellent condition. Asking $50 posted.
* 32mm Bintel plossl eyepiece in very good condition. Comes with two lens caps. Asking $30 posted.
Thank you for looking. |