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It was a sad day for me yesterday. I sold my ES 127CF APO triplet.
It was in my stables for three years. It was a beautiful scope to look at and pleasure to use it. We had a lot of fun together, mostly splitting doubles. It delivered the sharpest and rich in color stars, and even grey velvet of my home light polluted sky looked refined in it.
However, my developing astronomy interests taking me to a different direction. It was time to pass it to someone else to cherish. I am sure the new owner will love it like I did.
The funds form sale went to a new scope. It should arrive tomorrow. I can hardly wait, a happy day!
Gordon
Scopes: Meade LX10 8" SCT, Explore Scientific AR102 Refractor on ES Twilight 1 Mount, Oberwerks 15X70 Binos, Nikon Action Extreme 10X50 Binos.
Eyepieces: ES 68* 24mm, ES 68* 20mm, ES 82* 11mm, ES 82* 8.8mm
Observing: Messier Objects--110/110, H1 Objects-- 400/400. Hundreds of additional NGC Objects. Significant Comets: Kohoutek, West, Halley, Hyakatake, Hale-Bopp, McNair, Neowise. Transits of Mercury and Venus.
2017 Total Solar Eclipse
Arctic wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 1:53 am
I bet that produced some spectacular images!
I used it only for visual, but yes, it does. Selling it was interesting experience since I communicated to quite a few people in the process. One guy who is a professional photographer loved the combination of optic quality and light weight for AP.
Arctic wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 1:53 am
I bet that produced some spectacular images!
I used it only for visual, but yes, it does. Selling it was interesting experience since I communicated to quite a few people in the process. One guy who is a professional photographer loved the combination of optic quality and light weight for AP.
That's what I meant for images. Should have said "views". I observe only visually, as well.
Gordon
Scopes: Meade LX10 8" SCT, Explore Scientific AR102 Refractor on ES Twilight 1 Mount, Oberwerks 15X70 Binos, Nikon Action Extreme 10X50 Binos.
Eyepieces: ES 68* 24mm, ES 68* 20mm, ES 82* 11mm, ES 82* 8.8mm
Observing: Messier Objects--110/110, H1 Objects-- 400/400. Hundreds of additional NGC Objects. Significant Comets: Kohoutek, West, Halley, Hyakatake, Hale-Bopp, McNair, Neowise. Transits of Mercury and Venus.
2017 Total Solar Eclipse
I will be curious to see what your get Andrey. And if the scope went to a good home, that's a good outcome.
-Michael Refractors: ES AR152 f/6.5 Achromat on Twilight II, Celestron 102mm XLT f/9.8 on Celestron Heavy Duty Alt Az mount, KOWA 90mm spotting scope Binoculars: Celestron SkyMaster 15x70, Bushnell 10x50 Eyepieces: Various, GSO Superview, 9mm Plossl, Celestron 25mm Plossl Camera: ZWO ASI 120 Naked Eye: Two Eyeballs Latitude: 48.7229° N
Andrey, I can't believe that, wow. I was so curious to see what you got... Hoping it's covered under warranty/insurance.
My heart goes out to you; wish there was something I could do.
Mark
"The Hankmeister" Celestron 8SE, orange tube Vixen made C80, CG4, AZ-EQ5 and SolarQuest mounts.
Too much Towa glass/mirrors.
Solar:
H/A - PST stage 2 mod with a Baader 90mm ERF on a Celestron XLT 102 (thanks Mike!)
Ca-K - W/O 61mm, Antares 1.6 barlow, Baader 3.8 OD and Ca-K filters with a ZWO ASI174mm.
W/L - C80-HD with Baader 5.0 & 3.8 Solar film, Solar Continuum 7.5nm and UV/IR filters with a Canon EOS 550D. Member of the RASC
Thefatkitty wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2019 4:54 am
Andrey, I can't believe that, wow. I was so curious to see what you got... Hoping it's covered under warranty/insurance.
My heart goes out to you; wish there was something I could do.
Thanks Mark! Yes, it was covered by shipping insurance and I also have PayPal buyer protection. I will get the money back, it will just take time and hassle.
Ironically, the scope was packed by UPS crew at the store extremely well, but then another UPS crew dropped it extremely hard. This is the only explanation.
I am also surprised how thin is the corrector plate... Well, here goes my light bucket.
Thefatkitty wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2019 4:54 am
Andrey, I can't believe that, wow. I was so curious to see what you got... Hoping it's covered under warranty/insurance.
My heart goes out to you; wish there was something I could do.
Thanks Mark! Yes, it was covered by shipping insurance and I also have PayPal buyer protection. I will get the money back, it will just take time and hassle.
Ironically, the scope was packed by UPS crew at the store extremely well, but then another UPS crew dropped it extremely hard. This is the only explanation.
I am also surprised how thin is the corrector plate... Well, here goes my light bucket.
Ok, at least there's that, but wow. I hope you get your $$$ back quickly, and that you find another deal soon!
Mark
"The Hankmeister" Celestron 8SE, orange tube Vixen made C80, CG4, AZ-EQ5 and SolarQuest mounts.
Too much Towa glass/mirrors.
Solar:
H/A - PST stage 2 mod with a Baader 90mm ERF on a Celestron XLT 102 (thanks Mike!)
Ca-K - W/O 61mm, Antares 1.6 barlow, Baader 3.8 OD and Ca-K filters with a ZWO ASI174mm.
W/L - C80-HD with Baader 5.0 & 3.8 Solar film, Solar Continuum 7.5nm and UV/IR filters with a Canon EOS 550D. Member of the RASC
Bigzmey wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2019 4:11 am
I guess I can reveal the surprise now. Here is my new C11 scope.
C11.jpg
How about that?
D'oh.
(I realized I "liked" this BEFORE I saw the broken glass - and I do not see a way to "unlike". I DO NOT LIKE THAT YOUR NEW SCOPE SHATTERED. SORRY!
-- Brett
Scope: Apertura AD10 with Nexus II with 8192/716000 Step Encoders EPs: ES 82* 18mm, 11mm, 6.7mm; GSO 30mm Celestron SkyMaster 15x70 Binoculars List Counts:Messier: 75;Herschel 400: 30;Caldwell: 12; AL Carbon Star List: 16 Brett's Carbon Star Hunt
Bigzmey wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2019 4:11 am
I guess I can reveal the surprise now. Here is my new C11 scope.
C11.jpg
How about that?
This is terrible! I hate even looking at it. With that picture there's little to doubt that you will be able to reclaim your money from eBay.
I'm VERY sorry to see that this happened, and I'm also sorry for the hassle and waiting that you'll probably have on top of this to assure you get your money back.
I hope your next purchase is completely hassle free.
Highpoint Scientific has a couple of versions on sale at the moment:
Stephen
- - - - - Telescopes: Questar 3.5 Standard SN 18-11421; Stellina (EAA); Vespera II (EAA) Solar: Thousand Oaks white light filter; Daystar Quark (chromosphere) Hα filter Mounts: Explore Scientific Twilight I; Majestic heavy duty tripod Local Club: New Hampshire Astronomical Society
My upgrade from the previous ES CF 127mm triplet was to a ES CF 152mm triplet with a Feathertouch. Both scopes performe(d) exceptionally. While both of my Edge SCT scopes perform very well, they cannot match the pinpoint stars, star color or contrast the 152 provides.
I hope you get the situation corrected quickly. I hate to tell you this but, you will miss the 127mm...
Dennis ~ 45 years of astronomy and not giving up anytime soon
Explore Scientific 16" truss DOB; Explore Scientific 152mm carbon fiber triplet APO w/3" Feathertouch; Explore Scientific 80mm triplet; Apertura 10" DOB w/setting circle & Tweeker's dream; Celestron 9.25" EDGE; Celestron 14" EDGE with Feathertouch focuser; Celestron CGE Pro mount; Celestron AVX mount with ADM "D" saddle; QHY Polemaster; and my first, a Sears 60mm F/11 doublet; ZWO ASI294MC-Cool; 2" & 3" ES field flatteners; Televue 0.8 field flattener/reducer; lots of TV and ES eyepieces; Lunt solar wedge with Celestron XLT 102 refractor; Quark-C
SkyHiker wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:50 am
Aww man, when I saw that picture I thought who on Earth would pack it in bubble wrap? I hope you can find another one. It looks like a great choice.
Thanks everyone for the support! It was bubble wrap, but a lot of it. 10 layers. The box is gigantic. I don't think I would manage to pack it any better.
Anyway, I will likely wait for a used one to surface locally, within a driving distance.