Posts Made By: Steve Dierckman

Meade may have a 2" in the Wide Field 4000 series. The 8.8 and 14 mm.

lost some contrast and deatil in the nebula. This was a 3 minute exposure on Jan 8.

Jeff,

You will need to consider the mount requirements for a Mewlon 250. Think the weight is about 28 lbs. If you have a desire to image down the road, you need to think about that also. Since you indicated that you want to upgrade to a scope or scopes, again the mount is very important if you want to mount more than one scope.

Someone mentioned a TEC140. How about that with a C9.25. Tec plus the C9.25 will be about 6000 and leave 4000 for a mount. If you find one to hold the Tec, C925 and your TV102, you would be set. Deep space, an outstanding refractor and a smaller refractor to take to a dark site. Back log on the TEC is about a year.

The TOA 130 will definitely give you the WOW affect! The Tec will most likely do the same.

Sean,

Is your TOA-130 the 2.7" or 4" focuser? Do you know the Feathertouch part number?

Thanks