Starliner Telescopes

On Sunday, January 14, 2001 at 9:28:55 PM UTC-6, wrote:
I was curious to know whether or not any members own Starliner
telescopes. I have a 10" f/6 model on a German T Equatorial mount. I
bought it secondhand in the early 1980s. I was told it is a 1976
model. I is a beautiful instrument and has been my primary scope since
I bought it.

Vince


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I currently (5/26/2017)have a 10" F/6.7 on a 1 3/4" mount. The mount is better than theCave mounts of the era. Dec and RA have ball bearings. I madea basic Dec. fine knob control. The optics are diffraction limited - that is to say good seeing allows 500X easily.

SHeldon

On Sunday, 28 May 2017 00:28:17 UTC-4, wrote:
On Sunday, January 14, 2001 at 9:28:55 PM UTC-6, wrote:
I was curious to know whether or not any members own Starliner
telescopes. I have a 10" f/6 model on a German T Equatorial mount. I
bought it secondhand in the early 1980s. I was told it is a 1976
model. I is a beautiful instrument and has been my primary scope since
I bought it.

Vince


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I currently (5/26/2017)have a 10" F/6.7 on a 1 3/4" mount. The mount is better than theCave mounts of the era. Dec and RA have ball bearings. I madea basic Dec. fine knob control. The optics are diffraction limited - that is to say good seeing allows 500X easily.

SHeldon

I used one of their 10" mounts for a 5" f/15 refractor, it worked very well..

RichA wrote:
On Sunday, 28 May 2017 00:28:17 UTC-4, wrote:
On Sunday, January 14, 2001 at 9:28:55 PM UTC-6, wrote:
I was curious to know whether or not any members own Starliner
telescopes. I have a 10" f/6 model on a German T Equatorial mount. I
bought it secondhand in the early 1980s. I was told it is a 1976
model. I is a beautiful instrument and has been my primary scope since
I bought it.

Vince


Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/


I currently (5/26/2017)have a 10" F/6.7 on a 1 3/4" mount. The mount is
better than theCave mounts of the era. Dec and RA have ball bearings.
I madea basic Dec. fine knob control. The optics are diffraction
limited - that is to say good seeing allows 500X easily.

SHeldon

I used one of their 10" mounts for a 5" f/15 refractor, it worked very well.


ETX 125?

On Monday, 29 May 2017 11:11:43 UTC-4, Mike Collins wrote:
RichA wrote:
On Sunday, 28 May 2017 00:28:17 UTC-4, wrote:
On Sunday, January 14, 2001 at 9:28:55 PM UTC-6, wrote:
I was curious to know whether or not any members own Starliner
telescopes. I have a 10" f/6 model on a German T Equatorial mount. I
bought it secondhand in the early 1980s. I was told it is a 1976
model. I is a beautiful instrument and has been my primary scope since
I bought it.

Vince


Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/


I currently (5/26/2017)have a 10" F/6.7 on a 1 3/4" mount. The mount is
better than theCave mounts of the era. Dec and RA have ball bearings.
I madea basic Dec. fine knob control. The optics are diffraction
limited - that is to say good seeing allows 500X easily.

SHeldon

I used one of their 10" mounts for a 5" f/15 refractor, it worked very well.


ETX 125?

No, it was a refractor which uses lenses, the ETX 125 is a mirror telescope, a catadioptric Maksutov.