Re: Lastest additions to my Pentax stable.
Cool beans. On 4/30/2022 1:09 AM, Darren Addy wrote: Craziest thing happened today. I have a Cottage Food biz & Fridays are my Roast Day & free delivery in the area day. One of my regular customers messaged me this morning & said a little birdie had told them that I was interested in astronomy and would I be interested in a 6’ long telescope because it was in a house that was part of an estate and they needed to rehome it. Would probably be affordable, she said. I was put in touch with the disposal person and asked how affordable “affordable” might be. They said they were hoping to get $50. I said I could do that and it was in my possession within the hour. The telescope is a homemade Dobsonian with a 12” mirror and mirror coatings that by themselves was $200. The scope has a Moonlight Crawford focused that is worth $300-400. All together everything is worth an easy $2K. Here are the Pentax pieces: https://i.imgur.com/Swm5LDF.jpg They are worth around $200 each (used). The 12” diameter is going to be a major upgrade from my 8” dob, allowing me to see much fainter objects! Darren Addy Kearney, NE -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lastest additions to my Pentax stable.
On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 12:09:36AM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: > Craziest thing happened today. > I have a Cottage Food biz & Fridays are my Roast Day & free delivery in the > area day. One of my regular customers messaged me this morning & said a > little birdie had told them that I was interested in astronomy and would I > be interested in a 6??? long telescope because it was in a house that was > part of an estate and they needed to rehome it. Would probably be > affordable, she said. I was put in touch with the disposal person and asked > how affordable ???affordable??? might be. They said they were hoping to get > $50. I said I could do that and it was in my possession within the hour. > > The telescope is a homemade Dobsonian with a 12??? mirror and mirror coatings > that by themselves was $200. The scope has a Moonlight Crawford focused > that is worth $300-400. All together everything is worth an easy $2K. > > Here are the Pentax pieces: > https://i.imgur.com/Swm5LDF.jpg > They are worth around $200 each (used). > > The 12??? diameter is going to be a major upgrade from my 8??? dob, allowing > me > to see much fainter objects! Couldn't have gone to a more deserving home! Have fun (and post images). -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Lastest additions to my Pentax stable.
Craziest thing happened today. I have a Cottage Food biz & Fridays are my Roast Day & free delivery in the area day. One of my regular customers messaged me this morning & said a little birdie had told them that I was interested in astronomy and would I be interested in a 6’ long telescope because it was in a house that was part of an estate and they needed to rehome it. Would probably be affordable, she said. I was put in touch with the disposal person and asked how affordable “affordable” might be. They said they were hoping to get $50. I said I could do that and it was in my possession within the hour. The telescope is a homemade Dobsonian with a 12” mirror and mirror coatings that by themselves was $200. The scope has a Moonlight Crawford focused that is worth $300-400. All together everything is worth an easy $2K. Here are the Pentax pieces: https://i.imgur.com/Swm5LDF.jpg They are worth around $200 each (used). The 12” diameter is going to be a major upgrade from my 8” dob, allowing me to see much fainter objects! Darren Addy Kearney, NE -- “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
