Does anyone know how i can find info on my vintage telescope?

Question

I RECENTLY GOT A BIG NICE TELESCOPE FROM AN ESTATE. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND WHEN I PUT IT'S BRAND OR MODEL NUMBER NOTHING COMES UP. I KNOW IT IS VERY OLD BUT WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT YEAR IT IS FROM AND MAYBE MORE INFO IF AVAILABLE. PLEASE DON'T ASK ME IF I AM STUPID!!! JUST STUPID ON THE INTERNET I GUESS!!

Answer 1

So maybe someone else could find it?

What IS the name and model number???

EDIT: OK with the model number I found a little something about your Telescope but not a lot. It was manufactured by Towa probably in the late 50's maybe early 60's in Japan.

Picture here: (front)

http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/a...

Found it in this forum: http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/s...

second posting down from top (contains very little factual information)

Answer 2

TELL US WHAT THE BRAND AND MODEL NUMBER IS.

AND STOP SHOUTING.

oops... :-)

Answer 3

There are online forums dedicated to old telescopes, for example http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/p... at cloudynights.com. Try posting your information and a picture.

And turn off your capslock.

Answer 4

I was able to track down the company that made a spotting scope about 40 years ago.  They've stopped making complete scopes and only make optics for commercial and large corporate buyers these days.  The scope has a metal tag which gives the company name and such.  This kind of information would be of help.

But basically, i put as much as i could into a Google search box, and weeded out the irrelevant responses.  A couple tries, omitting keywords that seemed to lead to the wrong pages was required.

You can edit your question, and i can edit my answer.  If you can link to a picture of your scope, which you can put up on flickr for free, that might help too.

There are no stupid questions.  If you ask a question that is too smart, we may not be able to answer it.