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by heyjojos
Tue May 17, 2011 9:55 am
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Looking for 8" Meade or Celestron Telescope
Replies: 6
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I had a VMC200L from Vixen. Good views with 2" visual back. can consider that also Is that good for AP as well? I saw a Vixen R200S. Which is a better scope? Vixen scope comes at a premium that I wonder if its really worth the extra $$. Anyone has experience with the various types to enlighten...
by heyjojos
Sun May 15, 2011 3:04 pm
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: LXD75 good/bad reviews?
Replies: 6
Views: 3313

Read your post on the fixing of the RA gears. I'm looking at a LXD75 and am concerned when I read about the meshing issues.

You mentioned it can be fixed easily. Is it something you can do yourself or you need to go to a vendor in Singapore to get it fix?

Appreciate your reply. Thks.
by heyjojos
Sun May 15, 2011 12:38 am
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Looking for 8" Meade or Celestron Telescope
Replies: 6
Views: 3103

Looking for 8" Meade or Celestron Telescope

Hi I'm new in this community. I have been looking for a reasonably good telescope that allows me to view nebulas, galaxies as well as allowing me to do astrophotography perhaps in the future. I have hunt down to mainly two scopes. They are Meade 8" LXD75 Schmidt-Newtonian and Celestron 8" ...