I used the Meade lx850 for years and was completely spoiled by starlock's ability to handle all the finding, centering, and guiding. Alas, with the demise of Meade, I'm ready to move on.
What would you suggest as my next mount for astrophotography?
Moving on from Meade lx850
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trish.c.hamlin
, Jul 29 2024 10:09 PM
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trish.c.hamlin
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Posted 29 July 2024 - 10:09 PM
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Posted 29 July 2024 - 10:22 PM
Seestar S50? It apparently finds, centers, guides, stacks, processes, and posts without you having to lift a finger!
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Posted 29 July 2024 - 10:54 PM
What do u want to do? viewing? imaging? planetary? deep sky nebula, galaxies? that's what i would have guide my decision. that would determine aperature size; mount type; gem / alt az or whatever. Weight; portability. grab 'n go or observatory. and, oh, cost
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Posted 29 July 2024 - 11:51 PM
I used the Meade lx850 for years and was completely spoiled by starlock's ability to handle all the finding, centering, and guiding. Alas, with the demise of Meade, I'm ready to move on.
What would you suggest as my next mount for astrophotography?
If you like the Meade LX850 why not just keep it till it quits and you can't get parts to fix it.
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Posted 30 July 2024 - 05:49 AM
Not many classic mounts are that good for AP work.
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Posted 30 July 2024 - 08:37 AM
Not many classic mounts are that good for AP work.
that all depended on how much guiding you wanted to do.
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Posted 30 July 2024 - 06:10 PM
that all depended on how much guiding you wanted to do.
Not one sec for me. Never wanted to deal with taking pics.
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Posted 30 July 2024 - 08:33 PM
I used the Meade lx850 for years and was completely spoiled by starlock's ability to handle all the finding, centering, and guiding. Alas, with the demise of Meade, I'm ready to move on.
What would you suggest as my next mount for astrophotography?
We don't know that Meade is dead dead. They just aren't in CA now. Well, they aren't in Watsonville. I am sort of baffled by "I love my mount, but it has to go."
-drl
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Posted 30 July 2024 - 08:45 PM
If you like the Meade LX850 why not just keep it till it quits and you can't get parts to fix it.
Anything already designed with stepper motors can be converted to OnStep more or less easily. And that project just gets better and better. It's much more important to have reliable and accurate hardware - meaning hard.
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Posted 30 July 2024 - 11:32 PM
If your mount is doing what you need why replace it?
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