CornishJon

Hi everyone, Sorry I haven't replied sooner. Thank you all for your responses and suggestions, it's so great to see so many people being so caring and helpful to me. As luck would have it someone from Kernow Astronomers messaged me about the scopes and was interested in one, he also offered his help identify the equipment and accessories, I met both him and another member of the club last Friday where all the equipment is stored (they live quite near). They were so kind and helpful telling me about the scopes, what goes with what, what condition they are in (apparently the lightbridge mirror just needs a clean), and roughly what sort of price to expect., I even offered a tenner each for petrol and they declined. I will try and get around to listing them very soon (I have a 7 month old and barely have any time to eat dinner!) whilst taking on board all of your advice. My faith in humanity has been restored thanks to all of you and the guys from the club. Thank you ever so much, Jon

Hello, I hope it’s ok to post here, I’m looking for advice regarding my late father’s telescopes. He sadly passed away from Leukemia last year and was a keen astronomer, my sister and I have inherited his belongings including a number of telescopes, some quite large: Bresser 152s, sky watcher 6”, sky watcher skymax 6”, sky watcher 12” dobsonian, Meade Lightbridge 16” dobsonian (I hope I’ve got that right) It’s been an incredibly upsetting time for us and they’re currently in a storage unit along with the rest of his things. We sadly need to sell them due to the unit costing us quite a lot of money and other practicalities. The issue is that as we don’t know anything about telescopes and it’s all second hand with limited instructions so I’m not sure what bits go with what and if there’s something missing will it still be sellable - I think some are missing the focus finder(?!) The other issue is the largest Meade Lightbridge 16” dobsonian has a dirty mirror, it’s either dust or fungus. Is it rendered worthless with a dirty mirror? It’s £2400 new, what is a realistic price for this? Do I just sell 'sold as seen' or try and fix first? If anyone is able to take a look at the collection of stuff and offer any advice I would appreciate it so much. Some photos and videos are here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/faqJYZBRKw7PSzME8 Thank you, Jon