Meade 203/SC LX200 2080 8" Schmidt-Cassegrian OTA For Sale
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Meade 203/SC LX200 2080 8" Schmidt-Cassegrian OTA:
$510
Meade 203/SC 8" SCT
Offered is a 1999 Meade 203/SC 8" SCT in excellent used condition. This OTA was produced in what was probably the high quality point for Meade Instruments; well after theHalley frenzy and before the lastest financial problems and removal of optical production to China.This is essentially Meade's LX200 2080 optical tube in the 203/SC white livery. The LX200 OTA represented 4 generations of improvements to Meades original 2080 introduced in 1980.This 203/SCis set up for a Vixen GP GEM. The GP is not part of this sale. What is included are:
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The OTA,
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Matching 8X by 50mm finder with dovetail bracket,
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Meade 2080 German mount bracket,
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Vixen format dovetail,
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Meade 2080 piggy back bracket,
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Bob's collimation knobs, (removed for shipping and replaced with stock screws to avoid damage to the corrector plate),
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Corrector cover with custom spacer ring to provide clearance for Bob's Knobs in normal tranport and storage, and
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Visual back, star diagonal 25 and 9mm Meade eyepieces
