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No more LXD-55 10 for the newbie

Started by tgappmayer, 04/13/2004 02:21AM
Posted 04/13/2004 02:21AM Opening Post
Yeah, so this is the newbie that posted a little bit ago about buying either a LXD 55 or a C10-N by celestron, and it seems that my scope problems have been solved temporarily. A local nature group heard that there was a sixteen year old kid (me, of course) who was shopping for a scope, and they have decided to loan me their Meade 16" EQ semi-permenently, giving me leeway to make all the necessary upgrades to this light bucket. Anyways, out of the box (it was new), I can already tell the focuser is akin to maybe a dollar store item, and I was wondering if there were any suggestions as to a modestly priced (but still good!) 2" focuser/other accessories. I already have a decent selection of filters/ EP's, so I'm okay there, but any other "must have" suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks!

I'll have to post a pic sometime of me, my 4.5" and now this 16".. smile

Thomas
Posted 04/13/2004 12:41PM #1
Mapag has a page on upgrading the Starfinder here
http://www.mapug.com/AstroDesigns/MAPUG/StarFDob.htm and there is the yahoo group here:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Starfinder16
And Ed Ting has some great tips http://www.scopereviews.com/page1r.html#2
Sounds like a fun project.Good luck