Due to upgrades, I have for sale an LXD75 equatorial mount and a 4” Skywatcher Pro Gold Series 100mmED OTA. Would like to sell as package for $1,550 and pickup is preferred.
Optics on scope are great, tube has some marks from tube rings. Mount also has very minor marks, but goto and tracking is great. It has 2” diameter tripod legs and can carry a 10” Newtonian (refer to Meade website) I’ve attached a photo of package as is and an image of the Leo triplet of galaxies taken with the scope through a DSLR.
I’m based in Wollongong, please pm if interested.
Cheers,
Dave
Last edited by dynobolt; 07-10-2009 at 08:46 PM.
Reason: sold
Howdy,
Would you sell the scope separate?
Cheers,
Gray.
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Originally Posted by dynobolt
Due to upgrades, I have for sale an LXD75 equatorial mount and a 4” Skywatcher Pro Gold Series 100mmED OTA. Would like to sell as package for $1,550 and pickup is preferred.
Optics on scope are great, tube has some marks from tube rings. Mount also has very minor marks, but goto and tracking is great. It has 2” diameter tripod legs and can carry a 10” Newtonian (refer to Meade website) I’ve attached a photo of package as is and an image of the Leo triplet of galaxies taken with the scope through a DSLR.
Hi Gray, being an f/9 it's about 1/2 an f-stop slower than an f/7.5 ED80, but as it has a 100mm objective, it gathers over 50% more light. Basically means exposure times are similar, but equivalent magnifications are a little sharper in the 100mm.
