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My first scope was inspired by a "rich" 14 year old (Los Angeles) friend's Questar. I saved for a long time and bought an 80mm f15 Mayflower refractor on an EQ mount in the mid 60s. The mount was terrible but the lens in the Mayflower was (is!!) terrific. I still have the scope and I always though the views were every bit as good or better than the Questars. Such began my passion for refractors. Whilst in high school I "built" a 5" f15 refractor from a Jaeger lens and put it on a massive Cave Optics "Astrola" mounting. That lens is also quite good and both the scope and mount have followed me around the world from the USA to Australia. After several rebuilds and attempts at upgrades I finally gave in to an unstoppable urge to buy a TEC140 and PMX mount. Sadly the old toys have see little light since that fateful day.Peter
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