Posts Made By: Anthony Lutton

I believe it is Ed at Tscopes.com that builds a "folded" 20" dob (at least I see a 18"... he may make a custom 20"). The secondary is angled so that the eyepiece is lower.

http://www.tscopes.com/FST/index.html


Other than that, I'd say a 15" scope would be about the max. They get pretty tall after that!

The next 4 posts are a few quick images of the Zeiss microscope head that looks the most promising. I will try and remember to bring the Leitz head for some images this week.

Any suggestions on how to modify this or even just a simple "that may not work..."?

Could you elaborate a bit more? I'm not quite following the problem.

What are you trying to focus on (just anything?) How are you pressing on the eyepieces (towards the scope, downward...etc).

What diagonal/visual back are you using?

I use my 9.7mm SP and a TV Zoom eyepiece and it focuses fine, so it is definitely something amiss.

Hey Brock,
Anacortes has the 9.25" for around $1900
http://www.buytelescopes.com/product.asp?t=&pid=5771&m=1
and the 10" for $2700
http://www.buytelescopes.com/product.asp?t=&pid=4410&m=2

To me, it would seem that the Celestron has a cheap mount if they can give it away for that price. I have a LX200 and the mount and pointing is incredibly accurate.

If the mount IS AS GOOD or even decent for that price... I'd say it's a no brainer toward the Celestron. For the $800 difference you could buy a lot of cool things. But if the mount is horrid, what is the point of having incredible optics if you can't use them properly?

Maybe someone that has seen the Celestron can comment on the mount? It looks almost like a CG-5 mount which is quite light for that size of a telescope.

I'd wrap it up in bubble wrap as much as possible and put it into a box just big enough to hold the item. Then put the smaller box into a larger box packed with some crumpled up newspaper. The double boxing really keeps things protected well and won't cost all that much more to ship. Then make sure to insure and certify (have to sign to recieve it) your package and everything should be fine.

WOW! Wonder what the condition is?

It all seems to depend on who you talk to at Meade. I've had very good experiences with the service, so I have nothing bad to say about them. Others have these horror stories of talking with (or NOT talking with it seems mostly) Meade's service dept. YMMV

LMAO!! What a jerk!

David,
The LX200 and LX90 scopes are quite different. Optically they are identical. The LX200 line is a heavier (quite heavier actually) and more robust system designed more towards photography. The LX90 scopes are more of a visual scope with lighter gear workings and forks.
As for the computer GOTO, the LX200 Classic is a little tougher to use if you don't know "some" of the stars too well. It requires some user input to work, but once it is aligned well my LX200 Classic has flawless pointing and tracking. I've had things like the Eskimo or Ring nebulas in a 9mm plossl field of view all night. I once decided to leave the scope from about 9pm-4am while I slept (I wanted to catch something early in the morning) centered on the Ring nebula. I came back after 7 hours and it was still perfectly centered in the eyepiece.
The LX90 and newer LX200's all use the Autostar 2 hand controller/computer derived from the ETX-EC series of telescopes. I also had an ETX90EC so I know how the Autostar 1 works. The pointing seemed a bit less accurate than the LX200 classic, but it could have been the ETX also... not the Autostar. The Autostar has some really nice information and displays compared to the older LX200.
The LX200 new styles mainly build upon the existed excellent design of the older styles and add some new perks.

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