It took a while to summon up the courage, but eventually I got myself a little frac.
It's easy to mount and fits in nicely beside the big black 8-incher!
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For those with an interest in such things, it's a Celestron ED80 APO Refractor. Here are the specs:
- Premium quality featuring Japanese Ohara FPL-53 ED glass
- 25 mm Plössl eyepiece - 1.25" (that was the theory, in reality it came with a 20mm instead).
- 90° Diagonal
- Clamshell incorporates vixen-type dovetail and thread for standard tripod
- Aperture: 80 mm (3.15 in)
- Focal length: 600 mm (23.62 in)
- Focal ratio: 7.5
- Finderscope: 6x30 Erect image
- Angular FOV: 2.2 °
- Linear FOV (@1000 yards): 114 ft (34.75 m)
- Optical coatings: Fully Multi-Coated
- Camera-adaptable: Built-in T-thread on 2" focuser
- Optical tube length: 23 in (584.2 mm)
- Weight: 72 oz (2041.17 g)
Observant readers will note that it's already undergone some changes:
- The Plössl eyepiece has been replaced by a Baader Hyperion 8-24mm Zoom, and the 90° diagonal by a 2" straight extension (an old 2" Barlow with the optics removed)
- The clamshell has been removed and the scope mounted in a pair of guide-scope rings
- I swapped the finderscope with the one that was on the C8N (they are interchangeable)
End-of-line sales are great opportunities for grabbing that bargain kit that you couldn't afford before. FWIW, we're talking a saving of £260 off the RRP, that's well over 50% discount. Quite a bargain, I reckon.
And yes, before you ask, those weird things on the ends of the Newt are plastic shower-caps. Well, would you shell out a small fortune on a pair of custom-made scope dust-caps when these work fine for just 49p each?
THE SMALL(ish) PRINT... (updated 23/07/2016)
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If a James Bond villain had a garden shed, that's what it would look like inside.
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Ah, but it's not a shed, it's a Command Centre.
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This type of filthy innuendo as no place on a family website....
Yes indeed, that's why it's here and not on a family website.
Innuendo only works when the recipient knows what you're "innuending" about.
I'll bet the kids of today know more about such filth than they do about refractors.