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Originally Posted by torana68
Don't 'spose you have a photo of the 12.5? did it have the wooden mirror cell?
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Sorry, no photos. Yes, a wooden mirror cell that used to detach and bolt on to a wooden surrounds to the end of the tube via wing-nuts.
The mirror (and cell) would normally be kept in a large wooden box and only attached when the scope was to be used. It kept the weight down, but added to the set-up time.
From memory, the scope cost about $2,700 in 1988.