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Originally Posted by Dennis
Hi Robert
Can you share with us the reason why you stepped down from the Mewlon 210 to the Mewlon 180? On the surface, it appears a backwards step in terms of light gathering capability and resolution?
Thanks!
Dennis
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Hi Dennis, it's a loong story... it went something like this, I had the 210 first for about 6-9 months and it was very nice. An issue "developed" with the seating of the primary mirror (I think) and I had to send it back to AEC for despatch back to Japan to get it fixed. This was going to take many months and I don't like waiting! I asked Claude if he'd swap it for a new Mewlon 180 with some tak accessories thrown in to make the difference and I took delivery of these straight away... I has seriously thought at this point of swapping up to the Mewlon 250 cause I desperately wanted the extra aperture. Once I'd just about settled to do that I realised for around 1/2th the price I could get the Mewlon 180 AND get a C9.25 for that extra bit of oomph! SOmehow I managed to end up with two new OTA's and still feel like I'd saved $5K.... isn't self delusion a wonderful thing
cheers,