For Sale Orion ED80 -SOLD-

Gerald Sargent · #1 20-04-2007, 03:53 PM

For sale Orion ED80 almost Apochromatic 800mm refractor.
Used but in excellent condition, Crayford focuser has been
polished to improve imperfections in performace which is
now excellent and moves quite heavy CCD's with ease.
Imaging performance is difficult to distinguish from my 80mm
Fluorite doublet. Complete with rings. Asking $500 ono

centauri · #2 22-04-2007, 12:36 AM

Got some pix of the unit?
What quality are the rings?
Do you have an extension tube to go with it?

Rgds
Darren

Gerald Sargent · #3 22-04-2007, 10:33 AM

The rings are the "stock cast black aluminiom" that one gets from local dealers.
I will dig out a photo which will show the rings in place.
I do not have any extension tubes for sale.
Regards Gerald.

centauri · #4 22-04-2007, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gerald Sargent

For sale Orion ED80 almost Apochromatic 800mm refractor.

Focal length is 800mm, or is there one to many 0's?
These are traditionally 600mm focal length I thought.

Rodstar (Rod) · #5 22-04-2007, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by centauri

Focal length is 800mm, or is there one to many 0's?
These are traditionally 600mm focal length I thought.

Yes, the ED80 has an 80mm aperture, and focal length of 600mm, producing an f/ratio of 7.5

MortonH · #6 06-05-2007, 03:22 PM

Is this still for sale?

Morton

nightsky · #7 07-05-2007, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gerald Sargent

For sale Orion ED80 almost Apochromatic 800mm refractor.
Used but in excellent condition, Crayford focuser has been
polished to improve imperfections in performace which is
now excellent and moves quite heavy CCD's with ease.
Imaging performance is difficult to distinguish from my 80mm
Fluorite doublet. Complete with rings. Asking $500 ono

G'Day Gerald,
Is this item still for sale? also is the Focuser a Bintel like this
one https://secure.attl.com.au/bintelshop/Stock/6920X.jpg or is it this one
https://secure.attl.com.au/bintelshop/Stock/7207X.jpg
I was of thinking of buying it as a piggy back for my Mead 10".
Cheers
Arthur

timelord (Al) · #8 08-05-2007, 09:53 PM

Gooday is this scope still for sale? If so please advise.
I wish to purchase
Alex.

timelord (Al) · #9 10-05-2007, 10:24 PM

Gooday, please advise if this item is still for sale . I wish to purchase.
Synchro

[1ponders] (Paul) · #10 10-05-2007, 10:57 PM

Attn members. I have just sent an email to Gerald asking him to contact me. I understand that Gerald has been quite ill recently. So please bear with me while I try to get some answers to you questions.

CS

MortonH · #11 10-05-2007, 11:02 PM

Hi everyone, I've been told that the seller has been unwell and therefore won't have been able to attend to this recently. No idea of when this may change, so maybe we should leave this thread alone until Gerald is hopefully able to update it. Otherwise it'll just keep filling up with the same question of whether the scope is still for sale.

Morton

MortonH · #12 10-05-2007, 11:03 PM

No wonder my last post took so long to load - 1ponders was hogging it.

Hope the news on Gerald's health is good.

Morton

Omaroo (Chris Malikoff) · #13 11-05-2007, 08:46 AM

Yes, Gerald went in to hospital a couple of weeks ago - right after he posted the 120mm refractor that I purchased from him to me. I understand that he was in there for the week.

Get well soon Gerald.

Gerald Sargent · #14 11-05-2007, 10:01 AM

Thank you for waiting, I am back again. The ED80 is still for sale as I write this, regards Gerald.

Gerald Sargent · #15 14-05-2007, 07:30 PM

This is to advise that the ED80S has been sold.