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Glad To Be Here

Discussion in 'Vintage Telescopes & Equipment' started by Will, Sep 11, 2015.

Glad To Be Here

Started by Will on Sep 11, 2015 at 4:39 PM

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  1. Will

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    Will, Sep 11, 2015
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    Let's carve out some sanity as we have been around the block a few times...my lucky 5" Unitron
     

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    Turk, Sep 11, 2015
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    Good to hear from you!
     
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    StaringAtStars, Sep 11, 2015
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    Welcome to AC @Will!
     
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    Will, Sep 12, 2015
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    Hey Turk,good to hear from you too...Dave Komar was here recently picking up some equipment and let me tell you he is tickled with the 5" you sold him!...I rustled up a set of 4" legs and let him have them for it...he is getting a G-11 mount for outreach purposes...
     
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    Turk, Sep 15, 2015
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    He's got the G11 with drive (not gemini 2) and is really loving that telescope! He really deserves to own it as the authoritative guy on Unitron. For those of you who don't know, Dave authors the unitron website.

    http://www.unitronhistory.com/
     
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    clintwhitman, Sep 29, 2015
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    Gona start calling you turn over turk!!
     
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    Turk, Oct 5, 2015
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    Naw . . . . Dave is the only one I could think of that would appreciate the hell out of that telescope. Sitting in a box in my basement was not doing it justice. I do not have an observatory so setup of the 5" Unitron took about 2 hours. It just wasn't my favorite goto scope. Dave is the one to own that beautiful telescope. He will be building an observatory for it and I will be the first to go visit it.

    I also wanted to buy the Clark. I could not own both in all good sense. I sold $30,000 worth of telescopes that month. Bought the Clark and the Brasher with very little money left over.
     

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