I am considering selling my Takahashi E160 Astrograph.
This is an exceptional photographic scope with very fast f3.3 focal ratio wiith fully corrected flat field capable of covering medium format. What I am is offering is the following:
- OTA only (160mm aperture, 530mm focal length, f3.3 focal ratio) - circa 1995.
- Custom Mamiya back that provides an image circle of 54mm.
- 2 x Canon EOS T adapters to suit the scope.
I've had several images made with this very scope published in magazines like sky and telescope, eg.
http://www.pbase.com/terrylovejoy/im...39449/original
and to give you an idea of how it performs on an APS frame this is a single 90 second exposure made with a modded 300D (with a nearly full moon I might add!):
http://www.pbase.com/terrylovejoy/im...41822/original
Heres the Orion nebula with 16.5 minutes of total exposure:
http://www.pbase.com/terrylovejoy/im...36671/original
The scope is in good condition (there are a few chips and bumps from use but nothing serious) and is optically clean. I'm considering selling it as I no longer use it much as my comet search program takes up all of my astronomy time. It has been sitting in my study with a sheet over it for the past year or so, so hopefully somebody else can get some use out of it!
I would like $3000 for this scope. PM me if you are interested.
Terry
