It would be nice if you could get just the optics for the 16-inch Lightbridge telescope. It looks like there is a lot of demand for mirrors in the 16-inch range. I currently have a ten-inch telescope and 16 inches seems to be the smallest worthwhile jump in size. Dave
Sub-$2000 16-inch mirror
Started by ialeaf, 01/31/2007 01:45AM
Posted 01/31/2007 01:45AM
Opening Post
Posted 02/01/2007 07:31PM
#1
Hello:
You could probably find mirrors from the old 16" Newtonians Meade made a while ago fairly cheaply. Meade used the 16" f/4.5 mirror on their DS-16 equatorially mounted Newtonian and later their solid tube dobsonian, and I assume are using the same mirror for the lightbridge. A friend here bought on of these mirrors cheap a while back (because it had horrendous spherical aberration), and got it refigured for a few hundred bucks, and now he has a nice scope.
Cheers
Mike Connelley
You could probably find mirrors from the old 16" Newtonians Meade made a while ago fairly cheaply. Meade used the 16" f/4.5 mirror on their DS-16 equatorially mounted Newtonian and later their solid tube dobsonian, and I assume are using the same mirror for the lightbridge. A friend here bought on of these mirrors cheap a while back (because it had horrendous spherical aberration), and got it refigured for a few hundred bucks, and now he has a nice scope.
Cheers
Mike Connelley
