Meade etx 125 PE for sale

[Dave Parnell]

Hi,
I have a Meade etx125 PE, which I am looking to sell.
Are you interested?
I bought it brand new.
Also got a Meade DSI pro imager, and Barlow lens.
I am in Sydney.
Regards,
David.

[toryglen-boy (Duncan)]

can we get a bit more info? price?

[Dave Parnell]

Offers welcome around $1300 for MEade etx 125. Finds north on set up, with GoTo feature.
As new. Barely used and still in original box. Purchased new in 2007 for $1900.
MEade DSI pro imager offers around $460 with colour filters thrown in.
Barlow len around $110

Full package deal available.

[Swoop (Tony)]

Hi is this your scope

http://www.bigbangastro.com/product_...7d353b2af2cb51


If so would you take $800

[rustem]

Originally Posted by Swoop

Hi is this your scope

http://www.bigbangastro.com/product_...7d353b2af2cb51


If so would you take $800

sadly we dont live in the $us

[Dave Parnell]

This is my scope with smart finder.

http://www.bintel.com.au/MeadeETXPE.html

[dalew (Dale)]

Always been curious about the Meade self-alignment, how well does this work in the Southern Hemisphere? How much fettling is required before it's really aligned with South Celestial Pole?

[byronpaul (Paul)]

Originally Posted by dalew

Always been curious about the Meade self-alignment, how well does this work in the Southern Hemisphere? How much fettling is required before it's really aligned with South Celestial Pole?

Not sure about the Meade ETX, but the alignment on my LX90 LNT is quick, simple and accurate.

GPS Location, Date and Time are critical. I then just "Auto Align" which requires minimal adjustment to align the 2 stars which are automatically picked. If I can see one of the Stars due to an obstruction, just arrow down to the next alignment star.

After auto alignment, virtually everything is in the FOV of a 15mm Plossl eyepiece - may require small adjustment to centre but this is a simple and painless exercise.

I had a 10" Dob before my LX90 and whilst I loved the Dob, I can't believe how much more I can see now as the scope finds everything for me .... and then tracks it.

[tonybarry (Tony)]

I have an ETX80 (the backpack scope, 80mm dia, f/5) and it does not have the Level North functionality, but on manual levelling, magnetic north alignment and two-star alignment, it performs well. I will get most DSOs I can see into the field of view of the 26mm Plossl. The ETX80 suffers from not having any finder at all - a serious deficiency and one which makes the alignment process tedious.

My LX90 GPS (8", F/9.6) however blows away the ETX for ease and accuracy of alignment. It cannot be faulted. DSOs appear in the centre of the FOV of an 18mm eyepiece. Tracking is faultless.

I'd expect that the ETX125 (similar f/ratio to the LX90) will require careful use of the red-dot finder to get stars in the FOV of even a large focal length eyepiece. But once there, an eyepiece swap down to say a 12mm illuminated crosshairs will be a snap. And then it will all Just Work :-)

Regards,
Tony Barry

[dalew (Dale)]

Thanks for the great info Paul and Tony. I'm pleased to hear my assumption that a US company would ignore the Southern Hemisphere was wrong. I will definitely look closer at the LNT offerings.

[slobodan]

Hi
I'm sorry for my bad english

I'm very interesting for your telescope can you send it to France ?

Best regards

Slobodan

[marki]

Originally Posted by dalew

Always been curious about the Meade self-alignment, how well does this work in the Southern Hemisphere? How much fettling is required before it's really aligned with South Celestial Pole?

I have one of these and they are easy to set up. Turn it on and let it do its thing (finds north and discrepencies in level) then points to your first alignment star. Centre and press enter, it will then move to another star on the opposite side of the sky which you again centre in the eyepiece, press enter and you are ready to go. Simple really. You can improve the pointing on the initial alignment star by calibrating the sensors (should always do this with the meades when moving from one location to another). Simply set up the scope so it is dead level and enter "calibrate sensors' mode in the telescope menu. The scope will move around to three points and store the info in the controller. It will then point to where it thinks sigma octanes is and you just need to centre it in the eyepiece and press enter. Once this is done you can just chuck the tripod up any old way and the mount will sort the rest out itself. The advantage of the calibrate sensors function is that the scope will be much closer to the first alignment star (often in the feild of view of a 26mm EP). Not sure what all the talk about meades in the southern hemisphere is about? My ETX and LX200 have no problems what so ever.

Mark

[Dave Parnell]

Thanks everyone for your interest and comments. Scope is sold!
regards, David