For Sale: Celestron Starhopper 8" Dobsonian and add-ons.
(reduced!) Price: $300
(Interested? Send me an email off my profile page).
Why the sale?
- upgrading to a larger Dob.
About the scope...
Excellent condition.
Black cardboard tube model, with aluminum sliding dovetail.
Approximate eight years old
F/6 (1220mm)
1.25" focuser
Tube weight: 12kg
Mount weight: 14kg
Pyrex mirror - cools quickly.
Takes 3 minutes to set up.
Modifications:
8x50 Orion right angle finderscope
Lumicon laser pointer finder mount (laser not included)
Telrad pointer and mount
Eyepieces...
Meade 10mm super plossl
Celestron 25mm SMA
Meade 32mm super plossl
Extras...
Dixon drummer's stool - stable, height adjustable, backrest.
Collimation cap
Original manual
Dust covers (shower caps!)
History...
My first scope, seen lots of use - mainly backyard suburban bright objects. Still showing excellent images. Quick cooldown time, virtually never had to collimate it. Never cleaned the mirror. Fits into a Holden Astra comfortably. Things I regularly spot with it... festoons, shadow transits, red spot on Jupiter; always seen Cassini division on Saturn (although it's closing up fast as the rings flatten out!); 6 stars in the Trapezium, etc.
A look at it...
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=65
Post 14 on page 1, the scope on the left.
Anything wrong with it?
- the focuser is a bit stiff - could either do with an upgrade or a re-lube.
This would be a great first scope for a budding astronomer. Everything is there ready to go.
