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Old 04-04-2008, 10:37 AM
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Meade 80mm achro. refractor OTA w. crayford

Custom built (Meade DS80) 80mm achromatic refractor (F/11) fitted with 2 inch rotatable crayford focuser (comes with 2 to 1.25 inch adapter) and Red Dot Finder Scope.

The focuser alone cost me $250. The views are really clear with only a tiny amount of false color on the very brightest of objects (moon, planets mag -1 above stars).

Optics are clean in good condition.

Excellent peformer on planets and binary stars (I cleanly split Antares and observed Antares B with a broadband filter). Also could barely make out E-F in Trapezium in Orion nebula on a very clear night). Nice contrasty views.

$200 for OTA, Focuser, 2-to-1.25 adapter, RDF - must sell to fund future telescope purchase.

Thanks,

Chris

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