On Sun, 19 Oct 1997, Michael B. Brown wrote:

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>
> 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.

Michael--

thanks for responding...I remember being quite impressed
with your scope..and that's coming from a guy who thought
one had to go Sawrovski or Kowa.. :)

Tom