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Originally Posted by mr bruess
It is alt-az mount.Yeah I need parts for it.The drawtube focuser has only one knob/screw on the right hand side.The objective lens will need a clean.
I will need advice on how to fix it.
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Most of the 60mm Unitrons only had one focus knob, as far as I recall.
The other thing is the aluminium tape in the objective deteriorates and may need to be replaced if you pull the objective apart for a clean.
Clive's point about the merits of a 10 and a 7 is well taken, in fact I've never split Antares with my 10" newt (and it's a good one), but I've only tried a few times. One of my Unitrons does it regularly, the other can't.
I've seen the horsehead through the 10", but I don't think I'll bother with the 'tron.
For Lunar and Solar viewing these scopes are hard to beat, and side by side with my Tak FSQ106, there's not a lot of difference at the same magnification. Correction wise, and photographically, obviously the Tak's a different animal.
But set a Unitron up at any public outing, and it will be seconds before someone says - 'Now that LOOKS like a REAL telescope...' Its even got a very cool set of driveshafts and gearboxes down to where the motor sits on the spreader.
Cheers,
Andrew.