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mid 80's White Custom built C8
I'm inclined to believe Rod and Jon that the scope is nothing fancy, but
you might be able to track down the folks who originally sold it and see if the story checks out (for what it's worth). The only serius scope dealer in Boulder during that time was a store called Startracker (at least I think that was the name). They fell off the map sometime in the 90s, but Cathy at S&S Optika in Denver (303) 789 - 1089 might know how you can get in touch with the original owners. Good luck - Chris francis_marion wrote: I got in touch with the seller and he told me that he bought it new from a dealer in Boulder, Colorado in the mid 80's and that it was new in the box when he got it, so I'm guessing that it never saw the shores of Australia. Boulder is "far out" but not that far out;-) He said that the dealer had told him that Celestron had made them to the stores specs, and that it had a Byear(?) gear system installed instead of the "standard" gear system. I don't know if this makes any sense to anyone. Thanks, F Marion |
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mid 80's White Custom built C8
US. Fork mounted setup. Built in the mid- 1980's. Includes original diagonals, manuals, and a couple of period eyepieces. The owner tells me that this was a limited custom Celestron build up. Looks like it's never been used. Anyone know anything about this particular model? Is $1000 a reasonable asking price? Don't bother. Wake up. It's old and USED. How used? Probably a lot. How well taken care of? You can't possibly know that unless you fly to the dealers house, have him set it up and hope it's optimal seeing conditions. THEN, you would have to have them track a DSO provided it was polar aligned sufficiently. Get a C9.25 carbon fiber OTA for $1300. |
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mid 80's White Custom built C8
US. Fork mounted setup. Built in the mid- 1980's. Includes original diagonals, manuals, and a couple of period eyepieces. The owner tells me that this was a limited custom Celestron build up. Looks like it's never been used. Anyone know anything about this particular model? Is $1000 a reasonable asking price? Don't bother. Wake up. It's old and USED. How used? Probably a lot. How well taken care of? You can't possibly know that unless you fly to the dealers house, have him set it up and hope it's optimal seeing conditions. THEN, you would have to have them track a DSO provided it was polar aligned sufficiently. Get a C9.25 carbon fiber OTA for $1300. |
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