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[spaceboy]

I want one Observatory Class 14" Newtonian telescope on motor driven equatorial mount | eBay

[swamp thing]

That is an absolute monster.

Love it.

Steve

[Hypernova]

That looks absolutely amazing and in astounding condition for it's age as well. I want

[Space Beagle]

Blimey!!

[paul schofield]

Wow that will stop me upgrading for a while. That looks awesome.

[nightfisher]

OMG he has the aperture fever again!!

looks a superb bit of kit

[steelfixer]

Now that is what I would call a serious piece of kit.

I wonder if it comes with a forklift to load those weights.

Graham

[JamesF]

You know, I'm not entirely sure I would want it. I'm not completely convinced that a GEM-mounted telescope that big would actually be particularly practical nor convenient to use, at least for visual. Could be good for imaging, but then I'd want another decent visual scope in an obsy and all of a sudden it's not that practical again.

If someone offered to exchange it for my last Rolo I'd certainly take it, but I'd probably remove the OTA and turn it into a big dob and put something else on the mount.

James

[Moonshane]

looks amazing. personally for me tubes like this should be on dob mounts. that said if the seller (who I know to be spot on and 100% trustworthy) says it's tip top then it will be. he just needs the right buyer and it's a bargain.

I'd sooner have my 16" dob though.

[kev]

Moonshane... Im intreged... is this the scope that originally came from a chap in Letchworth?

(Me!)

[Pete Presland]

its certainly a belter and very local to me!all i need now is a couple of grand going spare

[MjrTom]

Mmm that on a dobsonian mount would be a real treat

[Moonshane]

Moonshane... Im intreged... is this the scope that originally came from a chap in Letchworth?

(Me!)

hi Kev

do you mean my scope? if so then not yours - I bought from a chap in Oxford.

[Luke]

Looks cool but I had the great misfortune to see a 16 inch dob a few weeks back. I'd been telling myself they are too big to be practical. But, hmmm, it didn't seem that insane!

[kev]

Put it this way, I had a 14" f/5 made for me by superscopes, whereby the original mirror set was from AE (1/10 wave) and the original skeleton tube was by Beacon Hill. I then got it remade into this (or very similar to this) ebay item by Superscopes with the Titan2, a tektron focuser, etc, I also think I recognise the end dust cap inner markings. It was a fantastic scope, but way too big for me when we moved from letchworth 6 years ago, when i got married, to scarbrorough. I never knew where it went after I sold it (possibly until now)! BTW If im right (ask the chap who is selling it if you know him) I still have a copy of Scope2.

[lguise]

Kev,

I have just sent you a pm. Yes I am certain this is your old scope, I only had a Letchworth phone number and could not track you down when I bought it. It's a magnificent instrument with excellent optics. Phil has serviced the mount and resprayed the counterweights etc. It is now ready for many years more service. It needs a roll off or roll away observatory, I think the picture I added to the advert yesterday was your original Observatory? It's amazing what you can find with a google search!

Anyone buying this scope will get a fantastic piece of equipment built by two perfectionists in Jim and Phil.

Linton

[Frank the Troll]

Its on my watch list, or should that be, "dream on list"

Now wheres that lotto ticket?

[Plantins]

It looks huge!!

I wonder what the weight of the OTA and the mount are? Defo 2/3 man job to move.

[spaceboy]

Its on my watch list, or should that be, "dream on list"

Now wheres that lotto ticket?

Ditto

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Not exactly grab-and-go is it . Great looking piece of kit (where are those anti-aperture-fever pills )

[Moonshane]

more like the grab and 'ooooh I shouldn't have done that!' list.

[kev]

When seperated the parts are a 3 man lift. I remember that from when I sold it.

Look on it this way, no ones going to walk off with it from your garden....

[lguise]

Thanks to Kev I now have the computer control software for the mount. I have dropped the starting price to £2450 which for an instrument of this quality is very low. Just think how much a 1/10th wave 14" mirror costs!

Linton

[Ags]

Is that "observatory class" or... "conservatory class"? :-)

[JamesF]

Thanks to Kev I now have the computer control software for the mount. I have dropped the starting price to £2450 which for an instrument of this quality is very low. Just think how much a 1/10th wave 14" mirror costs!

Linton

I agree that it's hardly a huge amount of money for all the components.

I imagine the problem from the point of view of selling it is that these days relatively few houses actually have a garden big enough to house it and an observatory large enough for it. I suspect the set of people who satisfy the criteria:

a) interested in astronomy

have space for it

c) want an EQ-mounted telescope this big

d) have an obsy big enough, or somewhere to store it whilst they build one

e) have the spare cash to buy it, plus the cost of the obsy if required

f) have the means to move it

g) won't have to face a divorce as a result of buying it

is quite small.

James