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Telescope on EBAY! HAVE A LOOK!

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17 years 9 months ago #40847 by Matthew C
Telescope on EBAY! HAVE A LOOK! was created by Matthew C
This is not your normal telescope! :D It just shows you what can be bought on ebay!

cgi.ebay.ie/Contraves-Cinetheodolite-Mis...tem#ebayphotohosting

Matt
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time. . . .
T. S. Eliot
A wise man....

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17 years 9 months ago #40857 by jhoare
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Definitely not your normal telescope. A cinetheodelite is designed to record missile or bomb tests, and other fast-moving aerial phenomena.

It's essentially the optical tube and alt-az mount of a specialized f/6 cinecamera.
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17 years 9 months ago #40863 by michaeloconnell
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Think I'll get two and go binoviewing! :wink:

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17 years 9 months ago #40869 by JohnMurphy
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This is not your normal telescope! It just shows you what can be bought on ebay!


Yeah, recently outbid on a SAM system mounted on a re-inforced Hummer chassis. - Bummer.
Mind you it would have looked weird parked outside my semi-D-3bed, but it would have been a convenient way to reduce contrails over firhouse. :D
Clear Skies,
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17 years 9 months ago #40870 by Matthew C
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Hmmmm..... good idea John!
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time. . . .
T. S. Eliot
A wise man....

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17 years 9 months ago #40872 by phoenix
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Yeah,

I looked at the images and I immediately tought that someone has got a job lot off a decommisioned US Navy ship. The price and hassel makes it a non starter unless you live in a region that the US think may be aiding terrorists.

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