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What About This Objective Set?

Started by Rod Kaufman, 11/01/2009 01:44AM
Posted 11/01/2009 01:44AM Opening Post
How would these elements do for a scope?
http://www.owlastronomy.com/specials.htm
Posted 11/01/2009 02:24AM #1
Rod Kaufman said:

How would these elements do for a scope?
http://www.owlastronomy.com/specials.htm
No opinions? Or did you guys buy 'em out already? 8O
Posted 11/01/2009 03:52AM #2
Hi Rod,
Just a guess, but I would say these are from a projector or some other thing and would be worthless as a refractor. Many things like this have been sold on Eb@y and other places and most all of them were totally useless.

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Posted 11/01/2009 12:21PM #3
Surplus Shed appears to have the same lenses avaialble. They are selling them as two separate items.

dan
Posted 11/01/2009 12:49PM #4
Rod Kaufman said:

How would these elements do for a scope?
http://www.owlastronomy.com/specials.htm

I doubt very much that these objectives have any unusual color correction but even it they did they would have mucho false color... Consider what one sees in a 6 inch F/8 achromat and then consider that the actual objective is F/1.25...

Jon
Posted 11/01/2009 03:23PM #5

For that price I bet they used 40 grit
sandpaper to polish it.

Best, John