[AZ-Observing] Re: Celestron OTA
- From: "Jimmy Ray" <jimmy_ray@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 20:31:03 -0700
Hi Joe,
You are correct, I am the owner of "Toto" the "tornado" surviving telescope
:-) The OTA tube and optics survived the insult. The overall damage to
different parts including parts of the OTA, mount, and accessories plus
labor and shipping will run just under $1400.00 my deductable is $500.00 so
the insurance company will be ponying up about $900.00. Overall I feel very
fortunate to come out of the deal as well as I did. Also fortunately for me
the guy at the factory who is working on it is a perfectionist.
Unfortunately this means that I won't have it for 5 mile meadow but will
have its little brother pulling the load (C8). Thank you for asking and
thanks again for everyone's support that day...
Jimmy Ray
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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Bergeron
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 7:57 PM
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Celestron OTA
On May 23, 2008, at 10:19 PM, Jimmy Ray wrote:
> I have the C8 and the C11 both are excellent OTA's and stand up well
> against
> any of the competitive products. Sharp optics, high quality
> manufacturing
> considering mass production, price, etc. The only thing one would
> miss with
> the new C11 OTA's is the carbon fiber tube (beautiful and very
> strong). The
> new tubes are aluminum just as most all of the other mass produced
> OTA's.
> While I have a very strong opinion about Celestron products, I do
> realize
> it's mostly a Ford vs. Chevy argument, to which I'm Ford and
> Celestron.
>
Are you not the guy who endured the sad blowing over of your C11 at
the Messier Marathon? How did that work out?
Joe Bergeron
Fellow, International Association of Astronomical Artists
http://www.joebergeron.com
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