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Originally Posted by jet486
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.
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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