14.5" f/5 Telescope for Sale - Tucson (Southwest)

Buyer must collect, much to heavy to ship this item.

Location : 20 miles southwest of Tucson AZ
Price : $1500 for everything except the concrete pier ;-)

Specifications

  • Mirror diameter - 14.5 in
  • Focal ratio - f/5
  • Tube length - 66.5 in
  • Tube width - 16 in
  • Height above top of pier when parked - 50 in
  • Clearance width when parked - 40 in
  • RA gear - 9 in diameter, 220 teeth, step size 0.18 arcsec
  • DEC gear - 7.5 in diameter, 360 teeth, step size 0.36 arcsec
  • RA shaft diamter - 2.5 in
  • DEC shaft diameter - 2 in

    Description

    The telescope is equipped with a computerised control system
    based on a Mel Bartels stepper motor controller board.
    The included 4U computer rack mount chassis contains the following

  • Mel Bartels controller board
  • Pentium system board running FreeDOS and the Bartels software
  • 1Ghz AMD system board running Linux with framegrabber board
  • Serial link between the computers

    The telescope also has a video finder system comprising the
    following items

  • Low light video camera (0.003 lux)
  • f2.4 SLR lens
  • Sony bw monitor (dual input capable)

    The finder system is capable of reaching mag 7.5 with a
    5 degree field of view shown on the monitor.

    A TelRad finder is also included.

    Cable wrap

    Cabling is routed through the center of the RA axis for
    snag free operation and includes the following

  • Power for video finder
  • Two co-axial video cables
  • 15 ft USB extender (for webcam/LPI/DSI)

    Contact info

    Phone - (520) 822 5221

    Email - rfactory@theriver.com