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[CCCP1999]

Don't think this telescope tube will fit in my 5.0. This will be a massive scope once complete. I must be nuts to take on a 600lb scope.

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[MaskedRacerX]

I thought that was a hot water heater

 

[CCCP1999]

I thought that was a hot water heater

Here is the mount. That is a old 16" F/6 Cave. 8ft long tube by 22" OD.

 

[WhiteyDog]

How in H*LL does one acquire a telescope that big????

 

[CCCP1999]

How in H*LL does one acquire a telescope that big????

This has been my hobby since 1976 at age 13. I have owned and built around 220 scopes. Most times these big scopes are out west in Cali and shipping prices are insane to ship these big scopes. This scope is close enough in GA that i would pay the seller some $ to bring it to me. Just the tube with optics would weight around 180lbs.

I will strip it all down and restore it then resell. These scopes are no longer made as the SCT and APO refractors are what people want today.

 

[WhiteyDog]

Hmmm, . . .thanks for the info. I just got my first small lesson in telescopes. It looks to me like that isn't a typical homeowner type telescope, looks like professional use/grade equipment.

 

[CCCP1999]

Hmmm, . . .thanks for the info. I just got my first small lesson in telescopes. It looks to me like that isn't a typical homeowner type telescope, looks like professional use/grade equipment.

It was a observatory class scope back in the 60's and 70's. Once Celestron came out with the C8 these big scopes lost their luster.

 

[CB]

With equipment like that, would you be able to see the things left on the moon?

 

[CCCP1999]

With equipment like that, would you be able to see the things left on the moon?

No scope can do that. Our seeing is the problem. Moving air cells make a image boil at high powers.

But when the seeing is super steady and since i live on the gulf i have some super steady seeing i can plenty of detail on the planets.

This is what Mars would look like when it is close to us with that scope.

 

[WhiteyDog]

That's pretty clear. I think I see some Martians riding around on that Mars Exploration Rover we sent there!

 

[MrBoogie]

That is a massive scope for an individual to own! I ran across John Dobson's instructional video on mirror grinding a few years ago, and I've wanted to try it ever since. For some reason I enjoy tedious projects. If I ever give it a go, it will be WAY smaller than a 16".

 

[CCCP1999]

That is a massive scope for an individual to own! I ran across John Dobson's instructional video on mirror grinding a few years ago, and I've wanted to try it ever since. For some reason I enjoy tedious projects. If I ever give it a go, it will be WAY smaller than a 16".

I have built plenty of scopes, but never did my own optics.

Got the mount home last nite and got the main EQ head in half. This is a 450lb mount when all together.

 

[Redcruzer]

Does a scope this size require a concrete base?

 

[CCCP1999]

Does a scope this size require a concrete base?

No. I am having a pier with legs being made at a machine shop at this time per my drawings.

 

[stresstest]

wait a second CCCP1999

No land bases scopes can see say the rover we "left" on the moon? None?

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