Celestron 8"Posted By Gilberto Karalus |
Hi
I got a Celestron 8" telescope; my boss gave it to me because it has troubles with the optics, he lives in Key Largo and the marine air got in to the telescope. You can see mildew like on the optics.
He sent it once to the factory to repair and hey returned it saying it was not worth.I supose that they don't do the recoat.
Today I started to check in the Internet for places to repair it and I could not find one, but I found out that a lot of people make their one.
I don't think that it is not worth ( it was a 2500.00 telescope when new), the mirrors could be recoated and in the worst case I could use them to make a Dobsonian, but then what could be bad in the tube iself?
I also have to get a clamp that goes in the tripod to level it and the focus motor ( the shaft is broken )
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Gilbert
I got a Celestron 8" telescope; my boss gave it to me because it has troubles with the optics, he lives in Key Largo and the marine air got in to the telescope. You can see mildew like on the optics.
He sent it once to the factory to repair and hey returned it saying it was not worth.I supose that they don't do the recoat.
Today I started to check in the Internet for places to repair it and I could not find one, but I found out that a lot of people make their one.
I don't think that it is not worth ( it was a 2500.00 telescope when new), the mirrors could be recoated and in the worst case I could use them to make a Dobsonian, but then what could be bad in the tube iself?
I also have to get a clamp that goes in the tripod to level it and the focus motor ( the shaft is broken )
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Gilbert
