A beast of a refractor ......

[John]

A pretty unusual scope sale here

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Large-observatory-refractor-16cm-f-15-with-altaz-mount-1963-exceptional-offer-/231628096287?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35ee1c431f

A bit of history too, perhaps ?

[Gazabone]

Very interesting but I suspect more historic value than anything else. Nice to see though

[Chris]

Crikey, it's even bigger than your old Istar John

[John]

Crikey, it's even bigger than your old Istar John

Yep

There was an F/15 on offer when I bought my F/12 ...... I'm glad I didn't, I could barely fit the F/12 in my Volvo Estate

[xtreemchaos]

hope it finds a good home, lovely bit of kit. thanks for sharing.  charl.

[Dude_with_the_tube]

i do hold a BIG candle for refractors but despite the history of this one,price they are looking for is by far too steep! For that money you can get TAK150 and be happy for the rest of your life.And Takahashi will always keep a good re-sale value and quality of optics will be on top shelf.I know owning already a rare Vixen is great but Takahashi has always fascinated me lol.Some day... some day it is going to happen.

[John]

i do hold a BIG candle for refractors but despite the history of this one,price they are looking for is by far too steep! For that money you can get TAK150 and be happy for the rest of your life.And Takahashi will always keep a good re-sale value and quality of optics will be on top shelf.I know owning already a rare Vixen is great but Takahashi has always fascinated me lol.Some day... some day it is going to happen.

I have a similar ambition. An FS 128 would do me just fine   

[L8-Nite]

Has anyone clicked on the "other items" for sale ? Among them are a couple of Unitron mounts up for grabs.

[Dude_with_the_tube]

I have a similar ambition. An FS 128 would do me just fine 

i was looking for an FS 128 before i got the Vixen John,these are becoming hard to find now.i noticed even in US they get snatched up practically immediately.I would love to have a proper fluorite in 5 -7" ..... 

[jnb]

I'm a big fan of buying secondhand but £5000!  That would get an awful lot of telescope without having to go to the compromises of buying secondhand.

[jam1e1]

"The lens has some small ships but this has no impact on the observations. "

John did your Istar have ships too? [emoji1]

[timwetherell]

"The lens has some small ships but this has no impact on the observations. "

John did your Istar have ships too? [emoji1]

it's important to have small ships to keep the harbourations at bay

[RLWP]

It's a lovely thing, and it seems very overpriced to me. The 'scope itself is nice if tired, the mount is very basic, no additional parts. The 'value' seems to be in it's history alone

If left to find it's own price, I'd be surprised if it went for over £1000, probably much less than that

Richard

[Paul M]

"The lens has some small ships but this has no impact on the observations. "

John did your Istar have ships too? [emoji1]

I think ships are be expected, after all, it's a sail not an auction...

[philj]

Very nice but way too pricey. If it were a big name like Clarke or Cooke then the 5k might be justified, still a nice piece though

[triton1]

Maybe someone will push the boat out!

[Peter Drew]

The price will have to sink first!   

[Paul M]

I'll bow out before the mods give us a stern talking to...

[Telescope40]

Crikey.  Very interesting info.    Can see on the sellers E Bay shop a few other nice " bits and bobs "  for sale, too . 

John

[mert]

Yep

There was an F/15 on offer when I bought my F/12 ...... I'm glad I didn't, I could barely fit the F/12 in my Volvo Estate

lol How long is the scope?

[Gazabone]

it's important to have small ships to keep the harbourations at bay

So we can safely assume that, despite a great "used" heritage, this scope was never used by Nelson then. Lol