[Zuts]

Maybe someone can help me. I want to buy a new scope and basically have narrowed it down to two choices.

Celestron 11 inch, CPC GPS
Meade 12 inch LX90 GPS

If i had the money i would get a meade lx200R or god forbid a rcx400, but these are far too expensive for me. The image quality of the new meade richey chretians sound superb but alas they are way too expensive.

(1) Meade lx90 gps. A full 12 inches but the mount is not really suitable for long exposure photograpy even with a super wedge. It is far lighter than those on the LX200R's. Also the price is around 5600 bucks in Oz.

(2) Celsestron CPC. A decent mount. Top of the range celestron alt az mount and 4999 in oz.

I am thinking of the celeston because it is a bit cheaper and probably more versatile. I am sure the optics in both are superb (at least i hope so). Still the extra aperture of the meade means about 20% more light so it is a hard choice to make.

What do you guys think?