thanks Doug, l don't know why people have an issue with the corrector plates dewing up, l put a dew shield on my LX200 and never dewed up once and l do like the idea of a closed optical system, less contamination of the primary.
probably the one draw back for me is the diffraction spikes although l could learn to live with them.
both can be brought back to around f/6.3 with focal reducers so this evens out which makes the decision harder because both scopes have good and bad points although l am leaning slightly to the Meade.
as for the GSO R/C's l just don't see the advantage given the after sales modifications needed to fix obvious problems that should have been rectified before release.
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