Speaking of good deals - a member of the Cache Valley Stargazers club recently found a 14" LX200R on KSL.com for $3k. This scope (post Ritchey-Chretian lawsuit) is the LX200-ACF and sells for $6999. I'm saving for the 14" Celestron EdgeHD but I sure wish I could have found the above deal. Clear skies, Dale.
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah- astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 12:45 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] What a deal
As Napoleon Dynamite said, Lucky! Really, congrats on a nice buy.
--- On Wed, 1/19/11, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] What a deal To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 9:21 AM Several weeks ago, Orion listed a 26mm "highlight" plossl in their clearance center, for $19.95 apiece. I bought two of them, to fill a magnification gap for my bino-viewer.
A few days later, I thought I'd buy a few more at that price just to tuck away or maybe pass-on at a swap meet.
Well, by then the price had risen to $56.95 apiece, the same as their regular 25mm "highlight" plossl! No longer a bargain, so I didn't order more.
http://www.telescope.com/control/clearance-center/accessories-on- sale/26mm-highlight-plossl-telescope-eyepiece
It turns out that the $19.95 listing was a mistake and only on the website very briefly. I just lucked-out that day.
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