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imaging with 8" vs. 10" LX200R

Started by rbelikov, 04/17/2006 09:23PM
Posted 04/17/2006 09:23PM | Edited 04/17/2006 09:24PM Opening Post
Has anybody imaged both with the 8 and 10" versions of the LX200? How do they compare in terms of tripod stability, sensitivity to wind, tracking/guiding accuracy and sensitivity to errors, cooldown times, temperature tracking, defocus due to tube expansion, etc? Seems like the 8" would have an edge on all these. (I figure the exposure times would be the same since both are f/10, so that's not a factor. The FOV would just be larger in the 8")

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Rus
Posted 04/17/2006 09:54PM #1
There is a Yahoo!Groups LX200R group that has a lot of activity. People are recieving there scopes and testing all facets of the LX200R. You may want to join that group and ask your questions to those folks.

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