I haven't got a picture of the LX200R 12", but I think everyone has a fair idea of what they look like.
Heres one of my Celestron C8, she is 30 years old and still performs very well, good for keeping the old skills sharp no GOTO here.
The best part about the scope is the low eyepiece height, extreme portability and ultra high quality optics which I paid a premium to OMI for with the following specs: PV Wave .13, RMS 0.17 and a Strehl Ratio of 0.99 http://www.opticalmechanics.com/12-40-050605.htm which make the optics something like 1/18 wave or better. The Secondary is 1/20 wave with Inferogram from Protostar.
Currently working on way to now effectively cool the mirror!
OKay I will confess I am as happy as a pig in you know what right now. New Son, new EQ6 a week off work, how can it get any better Oh yeah, need the clouds and rain to piss off. Here is a pic of the 8" pirched on top of the EQ6.
Oh yeah sorry about the ugly ******* in the pic.
OKay I will confess I am as happy as a pig in you know what right now. New Son, new EQ6 a week off work, how can it get any better Oh yeah, need the clouds and rain to piss off. Here is a pic of the 8" pirched on top of the EQ6.
Oh yeah sorry about the ugly ******* in the pic.
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Thats a very nice telescope and quite the mount yoiu have there. Congrats on the equipment and new son !!!
Hi there, after a nice lunch and some cleansing ales with friends one afternoon, we decided to repaint and clean up the 10" Dob. Not sure about the results yet, but it is only a coat of paint. The womenfolk present had a bit to do with the star stencilling on tht tube....
Paint is a hammerfinish bermuda blue, i think.
Also here is the perv on Fraser Island lunchtime weapon of choice, the good old 8" dob with high tech counterbalance system