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08-12-2006, 03:26 PM
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~Dust bunny breeder~
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The town of campbells
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16 inches of pure joy!
browsing ebay today i found this 16" dob. anyone got a spare $1k?
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For Sale:
Astronomical Telescope
16” Meade Starfinder Telescope with modifications
Dobsonian mount
8 * 50 finderscope
Telrad reflex Sight
Guidescope
Meade Magellan telescope Computer System
Mirror in perfect condition
One 25 mm eye piece
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http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Astronomical-...QQcmdZViewItem
looks pretty genuine to me 
i am guessing that you'd have to live in melbourne tho.
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08-12-2006, 03:59 PM
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6000 post club member
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Launceston, Australia
Posts: 6,570
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Wow. That's an impressive amount of aperture and add-ons for a thousand bucks!
If it's genuine, and there's every reason to believe it is, it's a really good offer
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08-12-2006, 04:03 PM
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~Dust bunny breeder~
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The town of campbells
Posts: 12,359
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if i was in melbourne!!!!!!
(cheryl still wouldnt let me have it  )
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08-12-2006, 04:06 PM
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Astrolounge
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: monbulk-vic
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l've been in touch with the guy and he seems genuine enough to me, keeping my eye on it.
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08-12-2006, 05:49 PM
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Vagabond
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: China
Posts: 1,477
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Sounds like a fantastic bargain to me. I hope some happy Victorian IIS'er buys it then brags about it
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08-12-2006, 08:02 PM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
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Wow, i'd go for it if I was in melbourne (and didn't want an EQ6).
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08-12-2006, 08:22 PM
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pro lumen
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: ballina
Posts: 3,265
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Do the buy and sell crew on e bay get into astronomy gear much ?
Would be a real shame if some idiot payed a packet for it just to try and resell, would be kinda funny when they went to pick it up though
I believe thats around 170 pounds sitting there .
good luck with your bidding
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08-12-2006, 08:51 PM
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Always Trying
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Albury, N.S.W.
Posts: 1,296
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I haven't seen or heard of a Meade like this one before but i learn something new about this hobby each week or so. Maybe i should go for a drive and check it out. Not knowing to much about this type of scope, i would have to say that this is a bargain. 
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08-12-2006, 09:42 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 427
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You havent heard of that scope range after more than 1000 posts?
All the more power to you toetoe.
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08-12-2006, 10:01 PM
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Plays well with others!
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Ridgefield CT USA
Posts: 3,535
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Not what I thought the post was about... 
Sounds like a good sized set-up for the price...
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08-12-2006, 10:04 PM
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Moderator
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NEWCASTLE NSW Australia
Posts: 33,426
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things like this taunt and tease one so much, I cant bear it anymore. Aperture is King......
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08-12-2006, 11:15 PM
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The 'DRAGON MAN'
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In the Dark at Snake Valley, Victoria
Posts: 14,412
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Yes, it is a genuine ad. The owner sent an email to the SVAA offering it for sale to any interested members, and mentions he has also submitted it on ebay.
In the email he has supplied his full name, address, Phone number and names the Astro society he is a member of in Melbourne. But it is not my place to make it public in here. If he wanted it made public, he would place it himself.
Looks like a bargain until the bidding starts!
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09-12-2006, 12:24 AM
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4000 post club member
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 4,900
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I would want to inspect and view through it first.
While I have heard some of those Meade mirrors were great, others were also dogs.
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10-12-2006, 02:52 PM
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Lost in Namibia
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Albury NSW
Posts: 3,134
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Nice piece of equipment - 16'' of apperature even nicer.
Cheers Petra
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11-12-2006, 12:03 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Sydney
Posts: 1,883
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Yes , I'd concur about view through these before buy. I've refigured a couple of such mirrors that I rated as useful at low power only.
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11-12-2006, 12:41 PM
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Moderator
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NEWCASTLE NSW Australia
Posts: 33,426
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Mark Suchting
Yes , I'd concur about view through these before buy. I've refigured a couple of such mirrors that I rated as useful at low power only.
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would it be worth buying to rebuild in a truss scope Mark, and if crook optics get them refigured and coated, or just go with the new meade lightbridges?
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