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Old 27-03-2009, 09:39 PM
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For sale Goliath EQ mount and extras

Hi all,
I will be recieving a Losmandy Titan mount in the next week, so I am advertising the Goliath EQ mount that has served me well since I bourght it new in 1980.

It comes with a Thomas Matthis 14" R.A. drive with bronze worm and synchronous motor. Also a dual axis drive corrector built by Claude Voarino. The mount is powered by 12 volt DC, so can be used out in the country where there isn't any mains power.

I will also include a set of Lumicon digital setting circles, ( I have never got these to work very accurately, due to me not mounting them precise enough).

The Goliath mount has 2" solid steel shaft on both axis. I made the 24" tangent arm for the dec axis that is powered by a 9 volt motor through the dual axis controller.

The mount has always been housed in an observatory on a pier. The purchaser would have to construct the pier.

I would deliver the mount to Adelaide for $2,000.00 or the purchaser can come to Port Lincoln and pick it up for $1,750.00 . If you want to see the Goliath working; come within the next week, or it will be dismantled to make way for the Titan mount.
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