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Old 26-10-2007, 07:39 AM
Alchemy (Clive)
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Originally Posted by jet486 View Post
Got the oppurtunity to purchase either the Meade LXD75 "8" Schmidt - Cassegrain or the LXD75 "10" Schmidt - Newtonian. I'm interested in deep space photography so with that in mind can anyone point me to which scope would best suit my needs?

Cheers.
if you are going down the path of digital camera then the lower f ratio will be the go , also with a shorter focal length its easier.

it might be old but american sky and telescope did a detailed review of the lxd 55 in december 2002 ( you could probably dig it out of their archives), this is almost the same but the legs have been upgraded and a few enhancements on the mount drive, as far as i know the tube is the same.

A brief synopsis is this... pros , quality metal construction and finish,multipurpose optical system for photo and visual work,autostar goto.
Cons finder bracket difficult to secure, 10 inch scope at limit of mounts capacity for photo work.

i personally have never looked through one so i cant comment specifically hopefully an owner of one can comment.

Cheers al
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