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Sears 4454 3” Equatorial Refractor

Last post by Alpena67 « Wed Mar 18, 2020 1:37 pm
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by Alpena67 » Wed Mar 18, 2020 1:51 am

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I just picked up one of these for a good price. Always wanted one when I was a kid. I was impressed how sharp the optics were looking at different...

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Some good ideas; I will post a pic or 2 soon. I am excited to get this thing out. I am still casually hunting for a nice 3 or 4” Unitron but in the...

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Wed Mar 18, 2020 1:37 pm
Polarex Model 136 E finds new home!

Last post by Alpena67 « Thu Jan 09, 2020 6:15 am
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by Unitron48 » Mon Jan 06, 2020 8:19 pm

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I was recently contacted by Vincent from The Netherlands....who acquired a Polarex Model 136E...a 5 inch Polarex on a field tripod. Both Unitron and...

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Just beautiful. Everytime I see one of these scopes it sends me back to my childhood when I seen them brand new and was an object of desire(still is!)

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Thu Jan 09, 2020 6:15 am
Polaris Telescope shop

Last post by Alpena67 « Wed Jan 08, 2020 1:04 am
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by Alpena67 » Tue Jan 07, 2020 3:35 am

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Thought I would share a short story about my first experience with Unitron refractors. I grew up in the suburbs of Detroit and my Grandparents lived...

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Wow; your site is excellent Dave, very cool. I never knew they had a 9” scope. I think it’s great to share all this information so that it is never...

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Wed Jan 08, 2020 1:04 am
Looking what I've got...

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by bladekeeper » Sat Jun 29, 2019 1:52 am
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Hee hee, hee hee hee...:lol:

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Unitron Model 142...1200mm of f/16 goodness...

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Thanks, Terry!

I had a first light back on the 12th of July but I'm not sure I actually made a report on that.

I did post this:

And this:

I've...
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Mon Jan 06, 2020 2:08 am
Tasco 9F 60mm refractor's true aperture - a revisit

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by Barnacle » Mon Aug 26, 2019 2:51 am

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Hi All,

I acquired another second hand Tasco 9F 60mm scope in better condition than the first.

Again, the baffle on this unit acts as an...

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Interesting Bill, thanks for that post. I have two Towa 700mm f/l 60mm's; a '61 Tasco 12TE and a Sears 4331-4. Both of them have a baffle just ahead...

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Sun Jan 05, 2020 11:59 pm
Unitron History Project

Last post by Unitron48 « Wed Sep 25, 2019 7:45 pm
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by Unitron48 » Sat Jun 29, 2019 1:26 pm

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This thread is intended to be an ongoing effort that details my interest and research in the Unitron Company of the 1950's-early 1990's.

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As I stated in the introduction to this thread, a secondary objective of my research effort was the documentation of the rare larger aperture (5 inch...

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Wed Sep 25, 2019 7:45 pm
Classic? Vintage?

Last post by mcolbert « Sun May 26, 2019 11:29 pm
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by mcolbert » Sat May 25, 2019 8:22 am

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I'm a little hazy of the whole vintage or classic idea. :). So, to begin with what do we call classic and or vintage?

What might be some of the...

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so, can we have a consensus here and perhaps eventually place a sticky outlining what is which, for the people on this forum?

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Sun May 26, 2019 11:29 pm

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