that's disappointing to hear of your problems with your telescope Stefan.
Now that Meade has cut production on several of their models, I hope that
you can get yours fixed properly and soon.

The image looks nice!



"Stefan Lilge" wrote in message
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This is the first light (except for some test shots) for my new Meade 10"
LX200R optics. As I mentioned in another post the scope has been sent back
to the dealer because it doesn't hold collimation. The dealer promised
that
I would get another one for exchange, but Meade told me it's not possible,
so I'll have to wait until this one is repaired. Actually considering that
collimation was a bit rough for this shot it didn't come out bad.
I had some unusual tracking problems in declination though. The guidestar
did jump a few pixels to the south every few minutes.

NGC 2976 taken from the middle of Berlin with a 10" LX200R at f/6.3
(Celestron f/6.3 reducer), G11 mount, SXV-H9 camera, 41x5 minutes.

Colour version will follow.

The picture can also be found at
http://ccd-astronomy.de/temp/2976-41x5gut.jpg

Stefan