[janoskiss (Steve H)]

I have a little scope that needs a new home. It is a 114mm f7.9 Newtonian on a home made Dob mount + 2 plossl eyepieces.

The plossls are very usable but the scope could do with some better eyepieces. Anyone want to donate some Andrews 500s to a good cause, and maybe a cheap barlow??

This is what you get:

- 114mm optical tube assembly with a de-pinched and centre-spotted primary mirror
- 30mm and 10mm plossl eyepieces for 30x and 90x magnifications
- Dobsonian mount with short and tall bases and removable OTA; ultra smooth motion with vinyl LP on furniture sliders for azimuth (felt only on the short base); friction strap for balance control when changing eyepieces
- removable tray for bottom of tall base for stabilising weights. (weight not included, use a brick, bag of sand or anything heavy)
- film canister with pinhole in base and cap (this is all you need to collimate the scope very easily; I can show you how)

This would make a great kids scope. The moon looks fantastic at high magnification. Saturn's rings, banding on Jupiter and the moons of Jupiter are easy to see. Cassini would be quite a feat though. Star clusters and bright nebulae also look nice.

And it's all FREE!!! But if you can afford it, you might like to make a donation to iceinspace.

Pick-up only.

... been picked up.