STOLEN: 25" Obsession Telescope & Accessories
Jason Lewis
the northeast Dallas area. If you know of the whereabouts of any of the
following items, please contact:
Randy Rogers
(214) 458-7961 (cell phone)
I am posting for Randy who temporarily does not have email access. If you
would like to correspond by email, you can email me at jle...@airmail.net
and I will get the message to him.
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STOLEN:
o 25" f/5 Obsession Telescope
- Brass plate has inscribed:
serial# 609
"Mike Benz"
- Manufactured May 2000
- w/ Sky commander DSC
& hi-res encoders
- Light shroud
- Feather touch focuser
- Galaxy mirror
o Custom Eyepiece Box w/matching finish
- 35mm Panoptic
- 30mm TAK LE
- 27 Panoptic
- 24mm UO Ortho
- 20mm Nagler
- 18mm TAK LE
- 16mm Nagler
- 14mm Pentax XL
- 10.5mm Pentax XL
- 9mm Nagler
- 7mm Nagler
- 4.7mm Meade UWA
- 2x Big Barlow
- 48mm Lumicon O-III filter
- 24mm light pollution filter
- Telrad
- Kendrick 2" Laser collimator
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John Beaderstadt
25" scope, let alone all the accessories?
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Paul Murphy
just the scope & eps? I hope you had insurance and the agent doesn't give
you a hard time claiming a couple thou worth of eyepieces...
-Paul
Willard Joder
wrote:
>The following items were stolen within the week of 3/17/01 - 3/25/01 out of
>the northeast Dallas area. If you know of the whereabouts of any of the
>following items, please contact:
>
> Randy Rogers
> (214) 458-7961 (cell phone)
>
>I am posting for Randy who temporarily does not have email access. If you
>would like to correspond by email, you can email me at jle...@airmail.net
>and I will get the message to him.
>=======================================
>STOLEN:
>
>o 25" f/5 Obsession Telescope
> - Brass plate has inscribed:
> serial# 609
Ye gods, that is terrible. I have to assume it was not fully
assembled. The whole thing must weigh over 200 pounds. Why on earth
would a thief steal something that heavy or that big?
Good luck recovering your property. I can't imagine how a thief could
even hock something that unique.
regards and clear skies
Bill Foley
Hey, 214 is near our 972 area. Why not put a want ad in the paper for a
large telescope with the address of a friend, and see if they try to
sell it? If the serial # matches, the friend might haggle while a 911
call is being placed....
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Best Wishes,
Bill Foley
P.S. Ignore the reply-to address, it is to foil spammers.
Michael A. Covington
"John Beaderstadt" <be...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:3ABE8E49...@mindspring.com...
> I am very sorry to hear about the theft, but I just have to ask how you
steal a
> 25" scope, let alone all the accessories?
That is a genuinely interesting question. We all would like to know how
these thefts occur so we can guard against them. A 25" Obsession is not
only too bulky to transport easily, it's also too rare to sell easily. So
that was definitely an unusual one!
What are the odds that the new owner will, at some point, contact Obsession
for technical support?
Bill Foley
This might be a case where it would be appropriate to put a "wanted" ad
in the AstroMart classifieds (as well as in the Dallas Morning News),
and have a plan in place on what to do if the stolen scope is offered.
Though it is tempting, vigilante justice should NOT be used, but 911
ought to do well, though.
Michael A. Covington
> in the AstroMart classifieds (as well as in the Dallas Morning News),
> and have a plan in place on what to do if the stolen scope is offered.
> Though it is tempting, vigilante justice should NOT be used, but 911
> ought to do well, though.
Exactly. Be in touch with the local detectives first and take their advice.
They may want you to place the ad with the name and phone number of an
undercover agent.
CHASLX200
>From: "Michael A. Covington"
>
>That is a genuinely interesting question. We all would like to know how
>these thefts occur so we can guard against them. A 25" Obsession is not
>only too bulky to transport easily, it's also too rare to sell easily. So
>that was definitely an unusual one!
>
>What are the odds that the new owner will, at some point, contact Obsession
>for technical support?
>**********************************
How would just anyone, even know what the hell a big is dob is , let alone
steal it!
The person that took it, must have known it was a scope...
Chas P.
sriley
Actually I have seen a few posts that said holding one of these big thing is
like hugging a hot water heater....just maybe they thought it was one... ;-)
Stuart
"CHASLX200" <chas...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20010327200125...@ng-cl1.aol.com...
Marc Jones
a 25" Obsession - even broken down - plus the fact that the accessory box
full of toys was taken as well, one might assume that the thief might have
actually stolen this scope for his own use (one of us!!) I'll be checking
out name plates on 25's when I come across them at star parties, etc. The
brass plate is, of course, removable... did he happen to record the mirror's
serial number?
--
Marc
Visit me at the Deer Meadow Observatory Website:
http://go.to/ncstargazer
"Jason Lewis" <sp...@airmail.junk> wrote in message
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Jason Lewis
Jason
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To all amateur astronomers and lovers of astronomy:
During the week of March 17-25 my storage unit was burglarized and my 25"
f/5 Obsession telescope and large wooden eyepiece box was stolen. I believe
the thief to be in the astronomical community as only one who has knowledge
of the scopes whereabouts and what it was would steal it. The thief left a
31" Sony Trinitron sitting right next to the scope there and closed the
storage up. A thief wouldn't know what truss poles were for, or a light
shroud bag, or even what they were looking at (a disassembled Obsession).
The scope is new (manufactured 5/00) and has the name "Mike Benz" inscribed
on the brass nameplate with serial #605 (I believe).
It has a f/5 Galaxy mirror (serial # as yet unknown, but I have the
interferogram in storage somewhere and have requested the # from John Hudek
of Galaxy).
It has hi-resolution digital setting circles, the truss poles are wired for
12V and the encoder cables run through one of the poles. The secondary has
an Astrosystems dew heater with the battery velcroed to the spider (Novak).
It also has a Feathertouch (black) focuser and light shroud.
The eyepiece box is one of Steve Carroll's Astrocaddy's and has the
following eyepieces:
35mm Panoptic, 30mm Takahashi LE, 27mm Panoptic, 24mm UO ortho, 20mm Nagler,
18mm Takahashi LE, 16mm Nagler 2, 14mm Pentax XL, 10.5mm Pentax XL, 9mm
Nagler, 7mm Nagler, 4.7mm Meade UWA, TV 2" Big Barlow, 48mm O-III (Lumicon)
filter and 1.25" Orion or Meade light pollution filter. There was also a red
adjustable and green adjustable intensity flashlight with string to hang
around your neck.
The telescope was NOT insured and I'm at a loss as to how I ever could
recover such a loss. These are bad times when fellow amateurs would rip
another astronomer off like this, so everybody start taking extra
precautions of who you allow to see your equipment.
I would give a $1000 reward for the return of the equipment and like others
have said before me, if the scope/accessories are returned, I promise not to
press charges.
Thank you for all your help in recovering and watching for all my equipment
at star parties.
Randy Rogers
Dallas, TX
214.458.7961
Ron LaPlace
newsgroup and asked me to copy this information over from an
ad he placed in Astromart listing the serial number of the
Galaxy mirror from the stolen telescope:
Astromart Classifieds
<Astromart header deleted>
Stolen 25" Obsession from Dallas TX
Randy Rogers
Dallas, TX 75243
Phone: (214)458-7961
Web site:
I have additional information that can identify the
telescope. The serial number on the Galaxy primary mirror is
SN01775.
The number is diamond engraved on the back edge of the
optic. The engraving reads as follows:
Galaxy Optics 25" f5 fl=125.? SN01775
Made By John A. Hudek 5/2000.
Ron LaPlace
John Gretchen
http://www.astromart.com/ad_details.asp?adNumber=72693
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Clear skies,
John N. Gretchen III
Port O'Connor TX
http://www.tisd.net/~jng3/stars/ [updated 03/24/01]
"A man gazing at the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles
in the road."
Alexander Smith
pne...@erol_s.com
On Sun, 01 Apr 2001 14:57:59 -0600, John Gretchen <jn...@tisd.net>
wrote:
Herb York
I deleted it - I'm sure I will pay later.
Herb
Anacortes Telescope and Wild Bird
http://www.BuyTelescopes.com
http://www.AstroMart.com
(360)588-9000
(800)850-2001
"John Gretchen" <jn...@tisd.net> wrote in message
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John Gretchen
Either way it's pretty sad.
pnealy@erol_s.com wrote:
>
> Back under the bridge, you Troll!
>
> On Sun, 01 Apr 2001 14:57:59 -0600, John Gretchen <jn...@tisd.net>
> wrote:
>
> >A 25" Obsession telescope just showed up on Astromart!
> >http://www.astromart.com/ad_details.asp?adNumber=72693
> >
> >
Clear skies,