I attended my local astro club meeting last night and a member brought a 1958 3.5" - 4" Fecker Celestar reflector. He got it from a friend who purchased it from a garage sale. It is mounted on a short wooden tripod and fork mount. It also has a 1.25" rack and pinion focuser. He also has the original eyepieces and barlow. It has a working electric tracking drive. The member cleaned up the whole scope and optics and performed "his" first light last night. It produced very nice images of the moon, M45, Saturn, and Jupiter. The secondary is placed fairly close to the tube end and a lot of stray light got into the tube. He is going to make a removable shield to help correct this. This is one fine instrument. I would probably list this a a premium scope for 1958. The J.W. Fecker company produced a lot of mirrors for the big observatories (i.e. Perkins in Ohio is one).
Has anyone else seen or used these scopes?
- Tim Hornbeck
Has anyone else seen or used these scopes?
- Tim Hornbeck
