Page 202 of 207 - Vintage Telescope Finds - posted in Classic Telescopes: If others caught on to it being a 7, I dont even want to know what your final price was. There were 4 other bidders, so not very many really. It ended up being around $1700.
That is a make and model reference I've never known. I have two Mizar that I know of, one is the Meade 320 and the other is direct Mizar/Hino label. I also have Polaris and Super Polaris from the Celestron/Vixen line. I believe you have a twin to my Mizar so you have a SP an...
Page 159 of 206 - Vintage Telescope Finds - posted in Classic Telescopes: Rich, those look sweet. Chip is being a tease. Ha,ha,ha
Ahh, the journey is complete for this gem of a scope, the legendary Celestron SP-C102F made by Vixen. Found on FB marketplace in Reno last month and was able to have a friend pick it up and hold it for me. Yesterday another friend of mine offered to pick it up and fly it back ...
Celestron says it works best with a 20mm Erfle. The diagonals in the kit were marked R.F.A. but there are some out there that are marked R.F.A., but for some reason the telecompressor has been replaced with a standard barrel making them a standard diagonal. I have one like that th...
I bought this Celestron GP-C102 today for $100. You did better than me as mine was $1200. OPPS maybe not as i did not see the lens. But still the mount alone is a killer deal for $100. I would pay 500 for the mount all day long. Your lens cell it not like mine. ...
Page 117 of 204 - Vintage Telescope Finds - posted in Classic Telescopes: Found this Unitron labeled Binoviewer...looks like a University optics make to me. I thought at first this came from a Unitron microscope but after further checking it came w
This was made for .965 eyepieces (mine came with out eyepieces, but had a nice Celestron .965 diagonal and several eyepieces) - but the focuser itself is actually 1.25" - if you had the right adapter you could move straight to 1.25" eyepieces - may have to try to find something tha...
Page 203 of 206 - Vintage Telescope Finds - posted in Classic Telescopes: I must live in an alternate universe, where $10 Vixen-made Celestron scopes dont exist - I only ever see junk scopes in thrift shops. Oh, right - I live in Ottawa. Even worse
Vintage Telescope Finds ISS Posts:42,868 Joined: 23 September 2022 - 02:34 PM Looks just like the one i had. #2577 clamchip Hubble Loc:Seattle Posted23 September 2022 - 02:39 PM Celestron plugged the unused fork mount holes with screws....