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Originally Posted by Hagar
Very spirited thread and just to throw the cat into the pidgeon coupe. Has anyone thought of or even heard how the Meade LX200 ACF performs as an astro imaging scope. What is its field like?? Flat or what?? Optics ??? They are not overly expensive as an OTA.
Your thoughts please.
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Hi,
Definately a nice scope, the 8 inch is about the same price as the Vixen. However I have decided I dont want blobby big round stars. Does anyone have any idea how 'spot size' figures in this and for the various full and reduced FL setups for the Meade, Vixen and Tak what the 'spot size' is?
The only problem I can think of with the Meade is that if you are unlucky you may get significant mirror flop, which you wont get with the Vixen and from all accounts only minor mirror flop on the Mewlon 210.
Still an eight inch meade is a nice compact scope and would compare well in weight with the Vixen and Mewlon, i seem to remember....
At 10 inches the Meade is quite heavy, nearly as heavy as a C11 OTA.
Cheers
Paul