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Originally Posted by Ian Law
I have the Mewlon 180 and some others on the site have Mewlons of different flavours as well.
Getting collimation can be a bit of a struggle but once it is collimated its one of the best scopes I have looked through. I have never saw festoons through a scope with my eye and it was the first scope I could really see the GRS with my eye.
For planetary imaging it does a great job. For the scope itself to cool down takes no time at all and dew so far for me has never been a problem. On low end 5” inch refractors I have no doubt that mewlon would knock the socks off most of them.
I have attached a photo of a pic i took of jupiter after 2 months of imaging with it
Ian
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I will probably cop a lot of flack for saying this but, the fact that it is a 3 element apo is irrelevant. I had the Meade 5000 ED 80, which i sold. It was also a 3 element apo. Most reviews I have read say it is a damn good scope. I agree, for the price. It also took some nice photo's, however it was no match at all, not even close, for my TV85, a two element ED type scope. Quite frankly I dont see how it is possible for the 127mm to be any different when compared to say a Tak FSQ or Mewlon. Sure it's a nice scope for the price but i think that qualification says it all.
my 2 cents
Paul