Don't know if we are handsome and cool, but we are bikers and our idea of fun is to use a 50mm scope that can be packed on the bike, under dark skies! Sorry,...
Howdy Weezy! Sorry that sat there for a while. the sub-moderator has been on vacation, then came back to work overload! I brought my classic 50mm refractor to...
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Aug 25, 2007 2:09 am
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Hi All, I just wanted to give a heads-up on my new Classic Telescopes Catalogs and Manuals web site: http://geogdata.csun.edu/~voltaire/classics/ There may be...
Hi, Bob! I have a few additional catalogs I'd like to contribute to your site. They include a 1958-59 Coast Instrument catalog that I've already scanned and...
... site. ... (1977?) ... titled, "Design ... ============================================================= Hey Lew, Check your PM at the "other forum site"! ...
I am new to this forum and was sent by Jim Wood from the Cloudy Nights forums. He recommended I contact Robert Ariail who is the author of "Alvan Clark and...
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Sep 10, 2007 9:08 pm
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The J.W. Fecker Celestar Registry was updated today, September 10th. If you'd like to have a look, just go to "Files," then click on "Fecker Celestar...
My name is Lindyloo and live in NI and I have joined this site on behalf of my Dad who has a tasco 302003 telescope My Dad has no computer so he asked me to...
Hi Lindyloo! I don't have the directions, but this site is a minefield of information http://geogdata.csun.edu/~voltaire/classics/ Also Cloudynights,com...
I feel your Dad's pain!!! There is nothing like having a new toy and not being able to play with it!! I was able to find a little information on the Tasco...
Thanks for that I will have a look to see what I can find on the site and i'll ask my dad more about his scope and let you all know thanks from lindyloo ...
Thanks Bill for replying to my message I will print out the message for my dad to read then maybe he can check out places to find out more about his scope ...
Does anyone know of a source for longer wires for the Celestron goto hand contoller and extensions for Orion's dual axis mount controls and focuser? Rich...
this is a great post, it puts into perspective the desire and appeal of classics scopes. While it saved me from bidding up on a classic scope on Ebay for now,...
kauzuak1,,,, Well I cant see your name or location but I am Glad my old post helped you get more excited about classic scopes and put some of it into...
I need a new story and Photo for the page header please!!! Surly one of you have one! The Clark you found at the dump or the Carton your friend found!!!!...
Thanks for tip, I'll have to keep an eye out for one. FYI, I'm in the DFW area (tx), a long way from all of those classics that seem to be massing out west. ...
This group is the second one I have received an email digest from-I'm listed as no email. What's Yahoo up to now? It won't do them any good to plaster ads in...
What can I say it looks like you already know why,lol. Yeha yahoo reset one of mine also, who knows why???, I reset it and wait to see if they mess with it...
Thanks - It is listed as "no email" on the groups page - however, the account page had been reset! Yahoo did this once before if I remeber right, and there was...
Does anyone have info that would help me identify an old Cassegrain Ferson scope I've discovered.Perhaps a catalog or former employee? The steel tube appears...
Does anyone have info regarding a 16" Ferson Cassegrain that was, in the late 50's, mounted on a flatbed truck and used by a government agency to investigate...
Regarding my search for info on the truck mounted Ferson.I understand that Sky and Telescope magazine ran a FOR SALE ad for this scope in the early 60's....
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