BAZ Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 (edited) 10" Dob going on ABS in Nottingham. http://www.astrobuysell.com/uk/propview.php?view=78751 Edited February 27, 2014 by BAZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al.Grant Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Alnother heads up on an Altair 8" RC going on fleabay - also in Nottingham http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131123286492?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 Currently £267 with less than 2 days still to run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 OOh that could be a bargain, but I suspect there might be a bidding war on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al.Grant Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I suspect you're right and the price will shoot up towards the end. Had a similar thing with an Astrotrac a few weeks ago .... I tend not to suffer from 'auction fever' and set myself a limit ..... then lost it by £10 I had considered trying for this RC rather than the planned refurb on my VC200L (clean optics, full collimation, new focuser) But the Vixen only weighs 6kg as opposed to the 9.8kg for the RC and keeping the weight down keeps everything under the limit for my HEQ5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 The VC will blow the socks off the RC for quality of image, there's nothing to touch it unless you spend around five times it's price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al.Grant Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 I think during the summer my VC will be going back to Vixen for a full clean of the optics and re-collimation. I've been quoted around £120 to get it done which seems pretty good considering it will be going back to Vixen in Japan to get the work done (downside is that it'll be away for a few weeks). Will probably also get them to do the upgraded focuser at the same time. The RC is still at £267 with 5hrs to run ... might be worth a look during the last few mins to see if there's a barging to be had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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