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Originally Posted by maksutover
Could the people who have the ETX tell me how portable the scope really is? In terms of how long to set up completely, alignment and also time to reach equilibrium with ambient temperatures?
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G'Day,
I only use my Meade ETX 125 for visual,but it's a breeze takes minutes to set up and start viewing as far as the temperature is concerned,it all depends on how hot or cold it is,lets just say as it's a small mirror so it cools down much quicker.and it depends also where you had it stored during the day.My advice to you would be try and find a Astro club and go out to where ever they view usually during new moon that way you will have a better idea on various scopes and how they cool down and what the different sizes can see Planets.DSO etc.Do a search on Goggle for Astro clubs in SA
Cheers
Arthur
Opps dont know why I put SA your in Sydney,there's lots of Astro clubs there.