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Old 25-11-2015, 10:59 AM
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does anyone reconise this scope

Hi there i spotted this scope at my local pawn shop.
No where on it can my wife find it's model ect.
Its about $50 bucks and i'm curious if anyone is familar with it.
I'm personally not interested in the scope itself (maybe as a secondary though) but am more interested in it's eye pieces. there is 3 and a barlow which would help me a lot.
Apparently my wife cant tell if they are less than an inch(0.965) or greater(1.25) either???
Sorry they are all terrible shots but again my wife took them.
Any info would be very appreciated
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Old 25-11-2015, 11:02 AM
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Mmy apoligies forgot to mention it's a saxon
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Old 25-11-2015, 11:34 AM
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Hey Tyrone,

Those are 0.96" eyepieces - leave them alone if you want something for yourself. The scope is a little 76mm reflector. Great for kids. The mount is terrible, but the scope makes for a great dob-mount making project. I found such a scope in a council chuck-out, and made a dobbie mount for it, and the kid's scored a scope of their own,

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Old 26-11-2015, 03:29 PM
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Yep Alex is right , its a Saxon 76mm Newtonion reflector , I grabbed one at cashies a few years ago , optically pretty good but the mount was rubbish ! , I remounted it on an old EQ2 I had and gave it to another budding astronomer .
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