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Post Extras:       Bill Barlow Carpal Tunnel Reged: 12/03/07 Loc: Overland Park KS Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: Marwatso]       #4665653 - 06/29/11 08:22 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi Mark.. Haven't seen you posting in the "CATS" forum for a while. Why did you have to send your Meade scope back? Do you like the views through the 12" ACF OTA? I am considering getting one to upgrade from my C11. I miss the ACF optics that I had with the Meade 10" scope I owned about a year ago. Hope you get your scope back soon. Take care.. Bill Post Extras:       Marwatso sage Reged: 10/13/10 Loc: Colorado Springs, CO Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: Bill Barlow]       #4666011 - 06/29/11 11:55 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hey Bill, Unfortunately I am the type of poster that only has the knowledge to ask questions rather than answer them. I often find I have nothing to input though I read the forum frequently. I was hoping to post another "first light" report (which would have to be called "third light") once I got some good hours on the scope after the last repair. I had about 35 hours (6 nights) in when I had another failure. This time it was the "finding home" sensor. The scope would just spin around until it hit the RA brake when trying to align. I got a hold of the Customer Service Manager at Meade (Carlos) and told him my story with emphasis on my frustration and long standing loyalty to Meade. He said they would make sure to get the scope in perfect working order as quickly as possible and they had UPS come pick it up the next day - free of cost to me. Repair lead time is 3-4 weeks but I plan to start nagging next week. It figures, I was about 30 minutes away from getting to view M31 in the 12" for the first time. It is rising over my eastern trees at about 4:00am now. As for what I think of the optics - Well, I have owned a 2080 GEM from Meade for 24 years. I also have had a Pentax Refractor for longer. So compared to that experience the ACF 12" blows my mind. It is incredible. The views of my favorite objects are a stunning upgrade to say the least. Compared to the TV76 though the 12" loses to sharpness. BUT, the "faint fuzzies" are knock dead gorgeous in the 12 and sometimes make me question why I own a 3". That said, I find the star sharpness on the 12" to be excellent and the light gather to be an aperture-lovers dream. On a steady night, Saturn is breathtaking in the 12" with the 13 Ethos and hands down beats the 76 with the 3.7 Ethos. I hope you get back to your Meade. Though I have had problems, I am still enjoying the ride and feel like they are standing behind me. Mark Post Extras:       Chris W member Reged: 07/05/11 Loc: Essex, UK Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: dale wilson]       #4679280 - 07/07/11 04:28 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I cannot compare with the beast, but my modest setup is giving me considerable fun. Bought used, I'm slowly adjusting, cleaning and upgrading all the moving bits. Post Extras:       Chris W member Reged: 07/05/11 Loc: Essex, UK Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: Chris W]       #4679288 - 07/07/11 04:35 PM Attachment (168 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   It helps if I attach the images. Post Extras:       Rat professor emeritus Reged: 10/13/06 Loc: USA Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: Chris W]       #4680893 - 07/08/11 11:35 AM Attachment (169 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is my 14" Meade set up in the backyard. Post Extras:       J Whitby member Reged: 04/17/09 Loc: Colorado 9500 ft Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: Rat]       #4728871 - 08/03/11 08:14 PM Attachment (133 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here's my LX200 10" with an 80mm APM riding on top Edited by J Whitby (08/03/11 08:17 PM) Post Extras:       budman1961 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 02/25/11 Loc: Springfield, MO Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: J Whitby]       #4737838 - 08/08/11 10:34 PM Attachment (131 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is my LX200 Classic 10" f6.3. Superwedge, Canon 1000D in prime focus, and my "G-Guider" (Meade 8x50MM finder converted to finder/guider with DSI II camera) Ready for a night out! Andyu Edited by Chris Erickson (09/20/11 01:57 PM) Post Extras:       mtibor Carpal Tunnel Reged: 05/02/10 Loc: Central Pa Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: budman1961]       #4758167 - 08/20/11 04:03 AM Attachment (109 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   here is my 8"lx200 gps, Post Extras:       mtibor Carpal Tunnel Reged: 05/02/10 Loc: Central Pa Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: mtibor]       #4758168 - 08/20/11 04:08 AM Attachment (123 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   hmmmm...no more room left to add anything else... Post Extras:       atroder member Reged: 05/31/07 Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: mtibor]       #4817233 - 09/19/11 10:51 PM Attachment (101 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   8" LX200 Classic Post Extras:       Kiwi Nick sage Reged: 09/17/05 Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: Martin Lyons]       #4901979 - 11/07/11 03:21 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: protected from wind and stray light and ready to direct a whole bunch of very, very old photons onto my eagerly expectant retina.....I sure love this beastie... I am loving that perimeter fence, brilliant idea. I guess you need to get a fair distance out of Capetown to enjoy the skies away from the light pollution. Excellent pics. Post Extras:       Martin Lyons sage Reged: 10/06/08 Loc: Cape Town, South Africa Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: Kiwi Nick]       #4913447 - 11/13/11 10:18 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: I am loving that perimeter fence, brilliant idea. I guess you need to get a fair distance out of Capetown to enjoy the skies away from the light pollution. Excellent pics. Yep, the Cape Town light pollution is getting worse. Although I'm just on the outskirts where the skies are about mag 4.5 on a good night. Thanks for the kind comments. Martin Post Extras:       Al Miller Pooh-Bah Reged: 08/25/08 Loc: South, Texas Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: Martin Lyons]       #4967677 - 12/15/11 10:23 AM Attachment (79 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   My "Atlas 10". A de-forked LX200, 10" Classic in an Atlas EQ-G. Post Extras:       rmcmast member Reged: 09/11/11 Loc: Kansas City Area, MO Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: Al Miller]       #5099519 - 03/01/12 02:24 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is my setup. I've spent the last several months getting back into my 15 year old 10" LX200 Classic. Got the Wheeley Bars for Christmas, had to get a new battery for the Kendrick Power Pack, and just added the SkyWire to hook up the iPad and got the observing chair. -- Rick Post Extras:       DannyT newbie Reged: 02/21/12 Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: Anonymous]       #5111755 - 03/08/12 01:39 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   can you tell me what equatorial wedge you have there and how it is performing for you? Nice rig you have there! also is that a Meade dew shield? Post Extras:       Matthew Ota Hmmm Reged: 04/30/05 Loc: IngleHood, California Re: Show off your LX200 setup [Re: DannyT]       #5112632 - 03/08/12 11:39 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Me and my LX250 Frankenscope set up in Downtown Long Beach California at Linden ad First Street. Post Extras:       IVM scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 01/07/08 Loc: Western New York Re: Show off your LX, RCX setup [Re: Hawkeye]       #5173852 - 04/15/12 02:44 PM Attachment (72 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Post 1/3. Some absolutely stunning setups in this thread. Mine are minimalistic in comparison. My first LX200 is one of the last 7” Maks (GPS, UHTC, Christmas 2005). The “matching blue motorized case” (quoting from an earlier post) in the background is not mine – mine did not fit into the picture. Post Extras:       IVM scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 01/07/08 Loc: Western New York Re: Show off your LX, RCX setup [Re: IVM]       #5173868 - 04/15/12 02:55 PM Attachment (70 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Post 2/3. Last summer I picked up an old 12” LX200GPS from a club member at a very agreeable price. He had hardly used it. It has since been out to the remote dark site with me on average two times a month. Again, the setup is minimalistic but no effort is spared with regard to dew control. You can see that there are two overlapping heating strips for the corrector; not a solution I would suggest to everyone but it works. The tarp prevents the AC/DC converter from sinking into the snow. The scope is actually standing on a concrete pad, although I did not completely clear it from snow. The pad and the AC power are the amenities of the Cherry Springs Astronomy Field provided by the Pennsylvania State Parks. Here the tripod is in its lowest position because I was going for some far southern objects. Post Extras:       Pages: << 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | (show all)

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