OPTICS QUALITY HELP

THE BIG QUESTION
MEADE OR CELESTRON WHO HAS THE FINER OPTICS IN THEIR SMALL GOTO SCOPES
LOOKING AT THE 105 BY MEADE OR THE NEXSTAR 4 BY CELESTRON
PLEASE HELP

I haven't veiwed through those myself BUT from years of reading posts on here it seems like in the 8 inch size there are many Celestrons out there ppl brag about. On the smaller sizes like you mentioned, I myself have an ETX9O for a quick peek scope, and although not very bright, it is tack sharp and the star test is 99% perfect. I say 99% because I know it can't be 1OO even though to my eye it looks to be, and I did read an article in S&T comparing the smaller etx to the nexstar 4 and the Meade was quite a bit better. Ron

Ditto.
Avoid the NexStar 4.

Best wishes.
-Dan