A friend has a 90mm f/11 (1000mm) Meade spotting scope cicra 1990. The OTA is white. Can anyone tell me what the model number is? He wants me to sell it for him on astromart.
help me id old meade spotting scope
Started by Ginahoy, 01/14/2004 06:54PM
Posted 01/14/2004 06:54PM
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Posted 01/18/2004 03:58AM
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Sounds like a Meade 97 series maksutov scope. They had a large helical (camera lens type) focus mechanism as opposed to the rear moving mirror type on the current Meade ETX series. From the telescope bluebook website:
"Meade brought its 97 90mm Maksutov to the market in 1984. It is a 90 f/11 optical tube with a large external focusing ring. It was offered with 5x24 finder and .965 eyepieces and had coated optics. Later the telescope was called the 97D. The same unit was offered as the 97E with multi-coatings on the corrector lens. Finally, a rubber covered version was designated 97ER"
Joplin
"Meade brought its 97 90mm Maksutov to the market in 1984. It is a 90 f/11 optical tube with a large external focusing ring. It was offered with 5x24 finder and .965 eyepieces and had coated optics. Later the telescope was called the 97D. The same unit was offered as the 97E with multi-coatings on the corrector lens. Finally, a rubber covered version was designated 97ER"
Joplin
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