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10" Meade f/4.5 mirror

Started by rfhuber, 12/23/2004 06:05PM
Posted 12/23/2004 06:05PM Opening Post
Can anyone give me an estimate on a mid 90's Meade 10" mirror. This came out of a Starfinder (have the mount also). I recently had it and the secondary recoated by L&L Optical. Has not been used since recoating. I ran a search in classifieds but there really wasn't much there to help me figure a worth.

I have the metal mirror cell and spider. Just not sure what to do with this whole setup. Maybe make a Dob??
Thanks for any assistance.

Rick H

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Posted 12/23/2004 06:16PM | Edited 12/23/2004 06:17PM #1
A new 10" from Discovery is about $600 and the secondary is about $100. Meade does not give prices for optics.
I think that Meade would be worth less than this being used.
Discovery seems to have a little better figure and polish.
Maybe this ad will help.
http://www.astromart.com/classifieds/details.asp?classified_id=313941
It is for the same thing you have I believe.
With new coatings I would assume you could get more than this. Maybe $350-450?
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