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Posts Made By: Ken Landau

August 18, 2003 05:45 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Noobie needs help Nexstar 114gt

Posted By Ken Landau

Bruce, I've had this scope for 2+years and think it was well worth the $399 I paid. The GoTo works great and by letting the computer point me to the object and then studying where that object fit with respect to other stars, I have learned a tremendous amount. The quality of the scope is OK, it keeps collimation very well and the 2 EPs are OK. I also have a 4 inch APO and use upgraded EPs with the Nexstar. I think that just the mount is worth the $199 but I also wouldn't count on using this for photography. The tracking works great for visual but is not accurate enough for long exposure. Good luck and enjoy.

Ken

May 12, 2005 02:31 AM Forum: Mounts

Nexstar 80wa

Posted By Ken Landau

Jim, how did you mount the scope. I have a Borg 100ED and an older N114GT and would like to do this without buying and installing the Bader bracket. Any help would be appreciated.

Ken