APM140

[mihai_mail_ro]

I am selling the APM140 refractor with FPL53 and Lanthan lenses (F7 / FL 980mm) It was bought as a "used item" from Italy from an astronomy equipment site. It probably suffered some bigger shocks during transport and I had to send it (under warranty) to Wellenform in Germany for optical realignment and collimation. The focuser was also repaired and adjusted. Now it presents itself perfectly optically and 9/10 mechanically, being also very easy to collimate (3x3 easily accessible push-pull screws). The weight is 9 Kg, being quite portable. The 2.5" rack and pinion focuser has a drawtube travel of 950mm. With the right adapters, I managed to use it with Binoviewer (Denkmeyer II) without GPC/Barlow. The reason for the sale is that I found a Takahashi at a good price, so I don't want to have 2 refractors of 5" and 5.5" at the same time. Buyer pays extra the transport and Paypal fees.
Price is 2000 €.

https://www.apm-telescopes.net/en/apm-t ... ith-25-zta

[mihai_mail_ro]

correction: The 2.5" rack and pinion focuser has a drawtube travel of 95mm

[mihai_mail_ro]

New price is 1800 EUR

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Ronchi test is available