[lhansen (Lars)]

I'm going to auction of a few items over the next weeks with the proceeds to go to IIS. This is the first of a number of items.

I'm not quite sure how well this will work, but we can fine tune as we get along. If you PM me with a price I'll post the highest bid on a daily basis. The auction will go for a week. I'll cover postage within Australia but I'm not going to send anything overseas or first class air.

The first item is a busted Nextstar 8. A buddy of mine gave me this, it had arrived from the US with a broken corrector plate. I replaced the corrector plate with a piece of plain glass and the result is as expected, a distorted image. It might make a good project for someone who is more savy than myself. The mirror is OK but not the greatest, comes with focuser, secondary and 2" visual back and of course the piece of glass up front.

I'd ask that bids be in increments of $5 with a starting price of $25.

We have 1 bid of $50

I think I'll keep the bidders identity anonymous for now

Regards

Lars