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Originally Posted by Nightman
Hi all,
I am new to this forum and hope to learn heaps and then be a contributor when I gain some knowledge/experience.
I am looking to buy my first GoTo telescope and had my eye on the Meade ETX-LS8 ACF. Looks very easy to use but my question is does it track an object once I have selected it and hit the GoTo button?
I have had a look through the manual but I didn't find much about tracking except for satellites.
I was also tossing up between the LS8 and the LX90. Any comments on which would be the better choice?
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hi phill
welcome to iis
yes both the ls & lx model scopes are goto which means that once you do a 2 star alignment the scope will know where it is and any object in its handpiece it will goto.the lx has around 30,000 objects and i think the new ls have around 100,000 objects.
iv'e owned the lx90 and there a great scope the 8" that your looking at is nice and portable not to heavy.meade now have acf optics so if you buy a meade acf gives you come free stars to the edge of the eyepiece.
hope this helps