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Hi Troy,
Thank goodness someone else is sticking up for Meade here. I will follow suit with my experiences. Too many people have based opinions over the years on what they have read - largely service issues - not the 'scopes optics and not always from ownership or use and perhaps they used them not well collimated, I just dunno. I have used Meade SCTs & now "R" telescopes for many years. I have looked at side by side comparisons with other 'scopes and the Meades are always equal/superior to other SCTs. The ACF once setup well (ie good focuser), will outclass its competition completely and the ACF is bang for buck no doubt about it.
So before anyone starts asking for my images to prove it, I will just let it rest on my 2 Supernova discoveries at mag17.5 & 17.6 using a Meade 12inch LX200R (ACF) each with a single 25 second image (sure great camera also in the Starlight Xpress SXVH9). The optics are sharp and that's a proven fact. Meade going bust "soon", hmmm that was supposed to have happened a year ago and then a year before that and ... As far as repairs go you have a couple of the best techs in Australia working at a store in Sydney - they know these inside out, there is little that can go wrong with an OTA - unless you drop it.
It is getting close to Astrofest, if you can wait until then go along and do some comparisons most people are very helpul.
See you at Leyburn again soon.
PeterM.
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