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Anonymous Posted on Jun 15, 2011

I acquired a 40-060660 Vivitar/Tasco Telescope with no eyepiece and all other attachments missing. I cannot find a manual or parts list online or a place to buy parts online.

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All of Tasco's manuals are on this web site:

http://www.tasco.com/pages/instruction-manuals/

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    You can buy eyepieces and diagonals from many online retailers--
    Eyepieces come in 3 sizes-- .965 inch, 1.25 inch and 2 inch--

    Diagonals come in the same three sizes-- here are two retailers:
    http://www.optcorp.com/category.aspx?uid...
    http://shop.telescope-warehouse.com/

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