Hi, all I am looking at purchasing a used Meade LX80 multi mount to hold at coronado 60mm or large bino. Does anyone have any experience and what you think of it.I have heard that Meade has discontinued this mount. Please let me know what you think of this mount. Thanks for your help Mark
Mark, SLAS has a Meade LX-80 Mount and we had to send it back for repair within six months of getting it. However, since then, it has worked well. It is a heavy mount but seems to work well. Thanks Rodger Fry -----Original Message----- From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Mark Shelton via Utah-Astronomy Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 10:04 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] LX80 Hi, all I am looking at purchasing a used Meade LX80 multi mount to hold at coronado 60mm or large bino. Does anyone have any experience and what you think of it.I have heard that Meade has discontinued this mount. Please let me know what you think of this mount. Thanks for your help Mark _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
Hi Mark, I have been using the Clubs LX80 mount for the past year, here is my review: Pros: This is a mount for a relatively large telescope the tripod and mount are heavy duty in size and weight. Very stable mount, keeps tracking even with the bumping and jostling of a star party Tracks smoothly, even at high magnification, I never noticed any wobble or jumping as it tracked Relatively easy to set up, except for weight of parts, handles on the sides of mount are placed nicely for ease of lifting and moving If you take the time to set it up correctly (level, on solid ground, correct time and a good true north set) it works great Can switch Telescope Mounting Alt-Azimuth or German Equatorial Tool for adjustments stored in Mount Fine Level adjustment on each leg of tripod Cons: Lots of frustration with Cord Wrap pulling out Power Cord and shutting down computer and having to realign again each time. Power plug not a tight fit. Lots of knobs and levers for cords to catch on during slew This is a mount for a relatively large telescope the tripod and mount are heavy duty in size and weight. Weight of parts, Tripod 31.5 lbs, Mount 35 lbs If not level, on solid ground, correct time and a good true north set, it will drift, not track and difficult to find objects. Tripod Leg Lock Knobs vibrate out during transport. Putting sufficient padding between legs reduces this, but make sure finding them is on your checklists. No place to hang hand controller, I put Velcro on back of controller and on counter weight bar. Hope this helps, Jamie Bradley Here is another good review of this mount: http://www.astronomyforum.net/astronomy-content-comments/136695-article-mead...
-----Original Message----- From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy- bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Mark Shelton via Utah- Astronomy Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 10:04 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] LX80
Hi, all I am looking at purchasing a used Meade LX80 multi mount to hold at coronado 60mm or large bino. Does anyone have any experience and what you think of it.I have heard that Meade has discontinued this mount. Please let me know what you think of this mount. Thanks for your help Mark _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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Thanks for the responses to my question. There us a person selling one on cloudy nights. I would be interested in it but the shipping is quite pricy. Maybe I can find a local mount for a bit less. Thanks again Mark Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 8, 2014, at 2:14 AM, "Jamie Bradley" <astro@jamiebradley.com> wrote:
Hi Mark, I have been using the Clubs LX80 mount for the past year, here is my review:
Pros: This is a mount for a relatively large telescope the tripod and mount are heavy duty in size and weight. Very stable mount, keeps tracking even with the bumping and jostling of a star party Tracks smoothly, even at high magnification, I never noticed any wobble or jumping as it tracked Relatively easy to set up, except for weight of parts, handles on the sides of mount are placed nicely for ease of lifting and moving If you take the time to set it up correctly (level, on solid ground, correct time and a good true north set) it works great Can switch Telescope Mounting Alt-Azimuth or German Equatorial Tool for adjustments stored in Mount Fine Level adjustment on each leg of tripod
Cons: Lots of frustration with Cord Wrap pulling out Power Cord and shutting down computer and having to realign again each time. Power plug not a tight fit. Lots of knobs and levers for cords to catch on during slew This is a mount for a relatively large telescope the tripod and mount are heavy duty in size and weight. Weight of parts, Tripod 31.5 lbs, Mount 35 lbs If not level, on solid ground, correct time and a good true north set, it will drift, not track and difficult to find objects. Tripod Leg Lock Knobs vibrate out during transport. Putting sufficient padding between legs reduces this, but make sure finding them is on your checklists. No place to hang hand controller, I put Velcro on back of controller and on counter weight bar.
Hope this helps, Jamie Bradley
Here is another good review of this mount: http://www.astronomyforum.net/astronomy-content-comments/136695-article-mead...
-----Original Message----- From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy- bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Mark Shelton via Utah- Astronomy Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 10:04 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] LX80
Hi, all I am looking at purchasing a used Meade LX80 multi mount to hold at coronado 60mm or large bino. Does anyone have any experience and what you think of it.I have heard that Meade has discontinued this mount. Please let me know what you think of this mount. Thanks for your help Mark _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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