C9.25 OTA OFFERED FOR SALVAGE

Some of you may have read about the unfortunate demise of my C9.25 on Cloudy Nights. Because I have been unable to get any restitution from Optic Wave Laboratories (DBA Farpoint) for the failure to reassemble the scope properly after servicing with the safety stops in place that are designed to prevent the primary mirror from sliding off the baffle, I am forced to sell what is left of my planetary imaging setup as well as the remains of the OTA.

Offered for little more than the price of scrap plus postage:

1) undamaged f/2.5 primary mirror with XLT coatings
2) Rear cell and baffle- might be useful to someone wishing to add DC cooling fans to their scope, but not brave enough to do it to their own scope!
3) Secondary mirror cell- secondary mirror is badly damaged from the impact of the baffle sleeve. The corrector plate shattered, so just the secondary holder remains.

I just can't bear to toss this in the trash, so if anybody wants any of this for an ATM project, drop me a line!

ALso, in the next week or two I'll be selling off a boatload of accessories in the classifieds that went with this scope since OWL's follies have ended my planetary imaging aspirations for the foreseeable future.

Celestron can probably fix this for 1/3 the cost of a new one. They fixed my C8 for $150 some yeasr ago when the corrector plate shattered during a severe cold snap.

Rolando