Help with Helios Telescope - which one?

[Dt8691]

Hi can anyone help I have just got a helios telescope but it needs some bit & I dont now what model it is. Tony

[Guest]

Lazarus thread alert!🤣  Joking aside, have you thought of starting a new thread on this subject?🤔

Edited April 22, 2020 by Guest

[haitch]

12 minutes ago, merlin100 said:

Lazarus thread alert!🤣  Joking aside, have you thought of starting a new thread on this subject?🤔

Lol - I just got a notification of a post on this thread.

Hi DT8691 (is there something less formal I can call you?) That (if you didn't know is a refractor. Depending on the diameter of the lens (it usually has it one side too) it is either a 120 or 150 which, apart from the colour schemes are near identical scopes to the Skywatcher Evostar 120 & 150 https://www.firstlightoptics.com/evostar/skywatcher-evostar-150-ota.html  https://www.firstlightoptics.com/evostar/skywatcher-evostar-120-ota.html

What bits do you need?

[haitch]

Just now, haitch said:

Hi DT8691 (is there something less formal I can call you?) 

Sorry - just clocked it... Tony 

[Cornelius Varley]

Posts now spilt from the old thread.

[John]

It does look like a 150mm F/8 refractor. It is the same basic scope as the Skywatcher Evostar 150 but back then they were branded as Helios and on an EQ5 mount on the rather wobbly aluminum tripod. This is todays equivalent:

https://www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/skywatcher-evostar-150-eq5-telescope.html

Difficult to see what is missing from the angle of the photo. The counterweight bar on the mount and counterweights don't seem to be present. There should be a finder scope mounted on the main scope tube as well.

The mount needs to be setup properly once the counterweight bar and weights are found. It can't be used as it is.

If you can post more photos we can give more guidance on what needs to be done to the scope to get it up and running.

[Les Ewan]

Poor thing looks like its been through the wars. It needs a assessory tray for a start and the focuser seems to be missing.