Thanks, Debbie! -- Joe ________________________________ From: Debbie <astrodeb@beyondbb.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2011 11:27 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Meade 16" LX200 Joe, Just joking around with you. Clear Skies, Debbie On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Don J. Colton <djcolton@piol.com> wrote:
I think the biggest SCT one person can readily handle is the C-14 on the new CGEM DX mount for $6999. The heaviest component the tube assembly or the heavy duty tripod weighs 45 pounds. This is for visual use only.
For astrophotography all of the following mounts would work well with the C-14 and individual components weigh 50 pounds or less: the Astro-physics 900 or 1200, Losmandy Titan or the new Paramount MX. All of these mounts could easily handle a C-14 for imaging.
The only other requirement is the money!
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 1:40 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Meade 16" LX200
Hi Deb, As the owner of a Meade 12" LX200GPS, I feel comfortable in advising against this telescope unless you're also willing to invest in an observatory in a dark place. 12" is as big and heavy as I can handle; I could never set up a 16" except with help, for one time, in an observatory. Otherwise, you might try to use it one time and give up. They are big, bulky, heavy machines. Thanks, Joe
________________________________ From: Steve Fisher <iotacass1@hotmail.com> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 11:56 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Meade 16" LX200
Thanks Debbie, I was aware of that one too. The one I saw was in the 6K price range. Steve
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:54:05 -0600 From: astrodeb@beyondbb.com To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Meade 16" LX200
the only 16" scope I know for sale down here in St George is a 16" Meade Lightbridge scope. Here it is on Astromart.
http://www.astromart.com/classifieds/details.asp?classified_id=730251
Debbie
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Steve Fisher <iotacass1@hotmail.com>wrote:
Hey, Utah Astronomers. A couple of weeks ago there was a 16" LX-200
listed
on KSL. Owned by someone in the St. George area. I know some of you may have seen it. Do you happen to know who had it for sale and how I might reach them? Not me, I'm not going back to SCT's but I just sold a scope to a fellow I know in California who is looking for a 16" but must be UHTC. I told him I would put out some feelers. Let me know if you know who it was will you? Steve _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
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