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Originally Posted by JDMAstro
I've discovered aperture fever and am upgrading from an 8 inch to a 12 inch. I've read many reviews of the LX 90 in a 12 inch version - some say it's fine others that it's underdone. I only intend to use for visual not imaging.
Any thoughts?
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Hi buddy.
Ive had a lot of different scopes sizes, but all round the 10" Meade ota be it on a lx90 / 1x200 mount has outstanding optics due to its smaller central obstruction than normal , compared to say a c9 by celestron, which is sharp itself . Also it has a larger than stated primary and excellent baffling, which can be flocked even, and has big aperture to resolve globulars , see spiral detail in M83 etc, from even the city meridians.
If none , or short exposure AP, then get the lx90 10"- its more than enough for anyone! Otherwise get the ota and put it on an eq mount.
The trick is to check collimation and let these big babies COOL DOWN FOR AN HOUR AT LEAST!
PS: Its not too heavy to lug around compared to the12" a beast!
bigjoe