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Originally Posted by Kunama
One for enthusiasts in Ye Olde Telescope Equipment:
Due to my retirement and recent move to much smaller premises with no room for an observatory and little room for storage I have decided to reduce my holdings of astro gear,
so this beautiful Robert Ellery designed and Thomas Gaunt of Melbourne built equatorial mount and pier is open for offers.
The mount is Australia's first commercially produced equatorial mount made of Brass, Bronze and cast iron and sits atop a brass footed cast iron pier.
Robert Ellery was Astronomer to the Governor of Victoria and Thomas Gaunt an Optician in Melbourne.
The mount was brought back to life by me in 2012. The recommissioning process is documented here:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ighlight=gaunt
Please PM me if interested....
This is a pickup item from Canberra with possibility to deliver to Sydney at a reasonable rate.
Istar scope pictured is not included in the offer.
Cheers,
Matt |
HI Matt
I would be interested in the mount because of our family relationship
could you please contact me regarding what you think would be the value regards Julian