I have an astronomy student who wants to seriously get into astronomy and he has decided to get the 12 inch Meade GPS for starters. One reason for this choice is that he is very interested in later pursueing CCD imaging. Down the road he plans on getting a high end large aperture scope. Money is no object to him. I`m not real keen on his choice to get the Meade as I`ve heard of some problems with this scope. My question is what is the current status of this scope? Have the bugs been worked out by Meade? Thanks.
12 inch Meade GPS for starters
Started by ddrake, 04/25/2002 03:00PM
Posted 04/25/2002 03:00PM
Opening Post
Posted 04/26/2002 08:34PM
#1
If he's got the money, and can lug it around, sure, tell him to go for it. Tell him to get the UHTC option as well. It should hold most of its value if he decides to sell it later. It's no more complicated than an 8" LX200 and it has a big aperture advantage, so his views will be much better for most everything. These scopes generally tend to be very good these days - if he buys from a good mail-order place like OPT or Anacortes or Astronomics then he'll likely be OK. Then tell him to get real good at collimating.
Doug
Doug
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