At 08:51 PM 10/19/97 -0700, Tom Foote wrote:
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>Yo, Irene---
>
> I don't remember the name of the guy who was at last summer's
> picnic who had the medium priced scope..had a nice side sight
> that located the *target* nicely so when you looked through
> the regular eye piece it was right on the bird..I recall thinking
> it was reasonably priced..and worked really well.
>
> do you happen to know who it was?
>
> Tom
>
> perhaps the culprit himself is on line and can respond to
> to this request..

That sounds like me. I was there with a Celestron 25x (fixed power, not
zoom). With a nice Bogen tripod and tax it was around $540 at Captains
Nautical Supply. I believe the scope was in the 300-350 range by itself.
Captains prices tend to be on the high side, so it could probably be had for
less mail order. I would imagine the model may have been discontinued, but
I'm sure they have other similar scopes in the Celestron line.

I've been very happy with it.
Michael B. Brown
Puyallup, Washington
H-253-841-4281
W-253-841-8733
C-253-208-9588
borealis at borealis.seanet.com

"...I found myself suddenly neighbor to the birds; not by having imprisoned
one, but having caged myself near them."

-Thoreau
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