Vintage Telescopes

AGMI · Post by **AGMI** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:33 pm

Anyone here used those 50s - 90s telescopes or look through them before? eg. those tascos or bushnells, unitrons or even the brashears or alvan clark? i got a relatively cheap deal for a towa/tasco/meade 80mm f/15.

ariefm71 · Post by **ariefm71** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:43 pm

ppl don't normally put alvan clark's in the same sentence as tasco or bushnells :-)

AGMI · Post by **AGMI** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:52 pm

well they are all vintage right?

anyway the alvan clark as i know is VERY good [optics were at 1/11 wave] and quite rare and also VERY EXPEN$IVE. what i really wanted to know was the quality of those questar-era japanese imported telescope like tasco. quality were above average [quite typical for japanese stuff] and some of them are worth next to nothing now, at least except the unitrons. ive seen really long f/l telescopes like the 60mm f20 [yes, f20] refractor but im interested in the towa 80mm f/15 refrator. hefty yes but optically quite excellent. any comment?

fizzy123 · Post by **fizzy123** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 11:26 pm

Wah Lau Alvan Clark siah

If u have tat nite time confirm kanna raided by local astro or refractor ethusiast. :idea:

AGMI · Post by **AGMI** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:48 pm

Wah Lau Alvan Clark siah

dont worry, im not even able to afford a speck of dust or a dead rat from an alvan clark