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Old 20-08-2011, 05:34 PM
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Skywatcher 6" f/5 refractor

Skywatcher 6" f/5 achro including ota, rings, dovetail, finderscope and bracket. Black diamond paintwork. All in near new condition with very little dust on the objective.

Price $500 + post
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Old 22-08-2011, 09:15 PM
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" Weighing about 3kg. (6.5lbs.) the optical tube assembly is readily carried and with a compressed length of approximately 50cm (21.7") it is easily transported"
Tony I copied this off the skywatcher website, can this weight be correct? Seems it should be 6.5 kg , not lbs

Actually further down I read this "Tube Weight 6.59Kgs "

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Old 22-08-2011, 09:30 PM
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" Weighing about 3kg. (6.5lbs.) the optical tube assembly is readily carried and with a compressed length of approximately 50cm (21.7") it is easily transported"
Tony I copied this off the skywatcher website, can this weight be correct? Seems it should be 6.5 kg , not lbs
I think they copied that from another page. The spec listing at the side says 6.5kg and 76.5cm long.
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Old 22-08-2011, 10:40 PM
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The Skywatcher site is unreliable - a lot of their specs are wrong. According to my bathroom scales this scope is about 16 pounds with rings/dovetail and about 80cm long including the dewsheild.
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Old 23-08-2011, 09:57 PM
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I have one and I would not know its exact weight , my CG5 carries it easily and driven , its an awsome deep sky scope , close to a friends Meade 8 inch .
 

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