[ubique (Hugh)]

Originally Posted by ubique

WANTED: Meade 10 inch SCT tube only or with mount. I don’t care if the mount doesn’t work as I will be removing it from the fork mount and mounting it on an EQ6 mount.
I am looking for an older Meade pre ACF. If you have one PM me.

I will pay a fair price for your older Meade but I would like to point out to those who think their 10 or more year old telescope is worth thousands of dollars.
1. Pre ACF and Classic Meade SCT’s are ok for visual astronomy but limited value for astrophotography, that’s why they are hard to sell.
2. The new ACF optics are far superior to the older optics thus devaluing the older scopes for any serious observer or astrophotographer.
3. Meade are notorious for NOT providing parts for older telescopes and even if your mount is working now it won’t be repairable in the future when it fails, again limiting its value to those who know.
4. The only real value in an older Meade is the tube because it can always be removed from the dead mount and resurrected on an equatorial mount.
5. I am not looking to pay a fortune for one of these scopes as it will not be my primary scope, I just want to experiment with the Hyperstar System, I have an ACF 14 inch LX200 for the majority of my observing.
So if you have a realistically priced 10 inch telescope PM me with a price.