[SOLD] Sky Watcher Mak 127 and Goto Mount

[Grimmeister (Anthony)]

Hi Everyone,

Another item for sale, my very first telescope and mount, it is hard for me to part with this little rig as I have truly enjoyed using it and it was the hook that bought me into Astronomy. I was going to give this set up to my daughter but she just doesn’t have the patience and time for astronomy so it needs to find a new home.

What’s included?
· Sky Watcher Maksutov Cassegrain 127 mm Telescope
· Sky Watcher EQ3 Mount and Tripod
· Sky Watcher SynScan Pro Goto Upgrade Kit
· Orion Flexible Dew Shield
· Custom Case to fit it all in
· The usual 7.5, 10 and 25 mm eyepieces a 2 * Barlow, a 1 1/4 Diagonal and a Red Dot view finder.
· Aluminium Case for the accessories to go into.

I have spent well over $1200 on the full set up over time but will let it go for $600. This would be a great introductory set up for the budding astronomer and all that is required to finish the package is a 12volt battery.

As indicated in one of the photos one of the legs has had a repair performed on it, it now works without issue but the glue can be seen where the repairs were made.

Lastly it is a large tub that it all fits in so will cost a bit to post so pick up preferred or buyer pays postage.


As an update, the optics and condition of this scope and mount are in excelent condition if not like new, the only fault is with the repaired leg clamp on the tripod. To purchase this set up new is $945.00 without goto as seen here, and a further $645 for the Goto Upgrade kit as seen here. So this is truly a bargain at less than half the normal price to purchase new.

Open to offers as well.

Thanks for looking

Anthony

[Grimmeister (Anthony)]

Updated some details.

[Bertrand]

Hi Grim, do you have any idea how much postage would be to Newcastle?

[Grimmeister (Anthony)]

Hi Bertrand,

If shipped Depot to Depot via Ego www.e-go.com.au it's roughly $40 with 2-3 days road freight.

Depot to Depot means I would drop it at the depot ready to ship and it would need to be collected from the depot at the NewCastle end (e.g. not a door to door service).

I have used these guys before and had no problems with them.

Regards

Anthony

[Bertrand]

Awesome, is there anything else I should know about it? This is my first non-Dob scope and I'm a little nervous.

Aside from the battery, everything is there? How much is the correct battery?

Sorry for the barrage of questions mate.

[Grimmeister (Anthony)]

Hi Bertrand,

No probs for the questions, thats what Ice in space is for.

Yes everything is there for a fully functioning scope and any 12 volt battery will do but I use a one of these from Super Cheap Auto as it has the 12 Volt Cigarette socket that the power lead fo rthe scope has (these are pretty much standard for goto powered mounts).

As for other details the mount is a Sky Watcher EQ3 mount (Black in Colour not white as per the web site) I purchased the Goto kit for the mount as an extra as it made learning the night sky a bit easier for me (personal preference).

The scope is a Maksutov Cassegrain (the one pictured is the newer series from Sky Watcher but still the same scope). It is a 127 mm Aperature scope with a focal lenght of 1500mm (F12) so is ideally suited to Planetary or deep space objects such as galaxies and Planetary Nubula.

The Goto system as mentioned was an add on to the mount and includes the SynScan controller, both motor axis and all cables etc required to operate the system, it can be connected toa computer as well if you wanted to control the mount via a PC. It includes an auto guider port as well but I have not tried long exposure photography on this mount only planetary video and visual work but really loved using it and got me well and truly hooked in Astronomy.

It came with the diagonal and eye pieces but these are not high end parts, they do the trick however and if you have a dob you may well have some other eye pieces to use with it. I found the native magnification quite high so a long focal length eye piece was the best experience for me when viewing.

The case is a rugged case from super cheap that I decked out with foam lining and cut out the layers to fit it all in one case (except for the silver case of accessories), as this made it easy to transport.

I think that about covers it but please feel free to ask more questions if you have any, I am happy to email you more pictures if needed also as I know it can be hard to purchase sight unseen.

Cheers

Anthony

[Bertrand]

Let's do it Grim! How do we proceed from here?

[Grimmeister (Anthony)]

Hi Bertrand,

I will send you a PM with my contact details and we can work out the shipping and payment details from there.

Cheers

Anthony