Holy cow! Does the 160 mm come with tripod and tracking? I'm seriously considering selling an antique photo or two to come up with the money. Thanks, Joe --- On Fri, 10/31/08, Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> wrote: From: Tyler Allred <tylerallred@earthlink.net> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Takahashi scopes for sale To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Date: Friday, October 31, 2008, 11:45 PM Hello all. I just purchased an ASA Astrograph and I am reluctantly considering selling one or both of my Taks to recoup some of the money. I have two very different Taks, and both have superb optics. I thought I would offer them to the local astronomy community before listing them on-line. Scope 1 - Takahashi Epsilon 160 Astrograph This scope is a 160mm f/3.3 and it is a great scope for astrophotography. Most of the images I have posted over the recent years have been taken with this scope. Go to www.Allred-Astro.com <http://www.allred-astro.com/> to see many examples from this sweet little scope. Although the scope is built like a tank, my G-11 mount handles the scope with ease. I have never touched the collimation because it has always been dead on. If anyone is interested in this scope, the price would roughly $2900 depending on the accessories (rings, motofocus, mounting plate, etc., etc.). We would just need to work out a fair deal. My latest image of M31 was taken with this scope (link below). By the way, this scope has a 49mm image circle with a very flat field. That image circle is big enough for most of the large camera chips of the new astro cameras. The scope is also Tak green, not that ugly yellow! :-) Here is a link to my most recent image with this scope: http://71.18.228.62/images/M31_Allred_Astro.jpg Scope 2 - Takahashi CN-212 Cassegrain / Corrected Newtonian This scope is Taks convertible 8 inch marvel. It converts from a fast newt to a high powered cassegrain in a matter of seconds, and both configurations provide breathtaking views. This scope can be used visually at f/12.4 (2630mm) or at f/3.9 (820mm). It also has field flatteners for photographic work in both configurations. This scope is still sold by Takahashi, and sells for $4925 new. Mine is in great shape and would be a lot less than that, probably something near $3200 depending again upon the accessories. This scope is tricky to collimate, due to the variable setups, and I would probably want to send it to Texas Nautical for a complete checkup before delivering it to a new buyer.. just to make sure it is dead on. We can talk about that if you are interested in the scope. I also have a great Scopeguard wheeled case that was custom-made for this scope. We could work that into the deal as well, but that would require adding a bit to the price. Here is a link to a lunar image I took with the CN-212 in cass configuration: http://www.allred-astro.com/subpage17.html And, here is another image taken by me with the same scope in Newt configuration: http://71.18.228.62/images/Web%20-%20M33.jpg For more info on this scope, see the following links: New scope info http://www.buytelescopes.com/product.asp?pid=1556 Review on Astromart by James Edwards http://www.astromart.com/articles/article.asp?article_id=199 Thanks, Tyler Allred _____________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com