Takahashi · Refractor · Up to 4 inches · 1999 on (FS-60C, later revised as the FS-60CB)
Takahashi has made fluorite refractors since 1977, when it introduced what it calls the world's first fluorite apochromat, and the FS-60C is the smallest of them. It arrived in January 1999 as a 60 mm doublet with a 355 mm focal length at f/5.9, and unusually the fluorite element sits in front, where you can see it. It's tiny, about 1.4 kg with its finder, so it rides on a photo tripod, travels in a backpack and works as a wide-field camera lens. Takahashi later revised it as the FS-60CB, with the tube reworked around a 0.72x reducer, and adding the CQ1.7x extender turns it into the FS-60Q. Sellers often just write FS-60, so check which version and which adapters you're getting.
The full kit
Check the listing photos against this list, and ask the seller about anything you can’t see. Plenty of listings are the tube alone or the mount alone, and a missing hand controller, power supply or counterweight should come off the price.
The front element is fluorite, so the lens is the part to look after, and scratches or cleaning marks matter. Takahashi's reducers, flatteners and adapters are small, separate parts that often go missing. Make sure the version and the extras match the listing.
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Buying guide
We'd buy the $700 FS-60C from a US seller with free shipping, the lowest of the three asks, and its photo shows a diagonal and adapters on the tube. Only three are for sale, at $700 to $899 delivered, so the $750–875 band isn't a market read. The other two are a tube from Japan with a BORG adaptor at $850 delivered, $250 of that shipping, and a US one titled with a reducer at $899. None titles the 6x30 finder, and the US photos show an empty finder bracket, so budget for one if you want it. Ask for a flashlight photo into the front lens, since the fluorite element sits in front, and check the engraving says FS-60C and not the longer FS-60Q.
$699.95delivered
The lowest ask, $700 with free shipping from a US seller, so there's no import wait. The photo shows a diagonal and adapters fitted and an empty finder bracket; ask for a flashlight photo into the fluorite front lens.
Takahashi FS-60C Fluorite Astronomical Refractor Telescope
Delivered prices include shipping as eBay quoted it to a US address on Oct 14, 2026. Many sellers charge by distance, so your total may differ. eBay shows yours before you pay.
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Delivered prices include shipping as eBay quoted it to a US address on Oct 14, 2026. Many sellers charge by distance, so your total may differ. eBay shows yours before you pay.
Used$699.95delivered
$699.95 · free shipping
Buy It Now$699.95
Good buy
Card says New, the title doesn't, so treat it as used. Photo shows a diagonal and adapters.
Seller: localelectronics2010
99.8% positive
Used$849.99est. delivered
$599.99 + $250.00 shipping
Buy It Now$599.99
Our take
From Japan with a BORG adaptor. $250 shipping; ask about import fees.
Seller: tropical-ninja
100% positive
Used$899.49delivered
$899.49 · free shipping
Buy It Now$899.49
Our take
Titled with a reducer. Check the photos show it with Takahashi markings.
Seller: reticulum.online
100% positive
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