Yeah, I’m confused/concerned, but having never owned an SCT before, I assumed that I was being dumb and missing something obvious.
The OTA previously belonged to Ron Arbour. He said he had obtained after it was stored in a garage that flooded – I think that is what was said – it was a long time ago and in passing, as we were actually talking about some automated image alignment software I had written for him.
He clearly did a nice job as the mirror is pristine and the inside of the tube looks good too. The focuser works fine as well. I don’t recall seeing another C14 there, but there might have been.
Will dismantle further this afternoon and am really hoping I find a lens in there…