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 [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
