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Meade LXD55 6" Achromatic Refractor
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I've been recently looking to upgrade my old garbage scope, and was looking at the Meade LXD55 6" Achromatic Refractor. It can be found at the link below. Read about the 6" version, not the 5". Would that scope give detailed images of solar system objects and deep-space objects (nebulae, galaxies, clusters, etc.), or would I need an even better scope. I would also use the scope for some astrophotography, but wasn't sure if it would be too blury because it's achromatic. I was looking at this scope because it isn't as pricey as the apochromatic Meade refractors. Would the image quality be a lot different between the apochromatic and achromatic? Lastly, I thought this scope would be good because it includes the equatorial mount, and the GoTo remote. What do you guys think? http://www.meade.com/catalog/lxd55/lxd55_achrofrac.html |
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You can buy a bigger scope for the same money.
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What scopes would that be? I started to look at the Meade 127ED 5"
Apochromatic Refractor. While it's a little more expensive, and a little smaller, I think the fact that it's apochromatic would make the end result better. Any thoughts? "Nate Pitcher" wrote in message news:w1d6b.273254$cF.85381@rwcrnsc53... Hey guys. I've been recently looking to upgrade my old garbage scope, and was looking at the Meade LXD55 6" Achromatic Refractor. It can be found at the link below. Read about the 6" version, not the 5". Would that scope give detailed images of solar system objects and deep-space objects (nebulae, galaxies, clusters, etc.), or would I need an even better scope. I would also use the scope for some astrophotography, but wasn't sure if it would be too blury because it's achromatic. I was looking at this scope because it isn't as pricey as the apochromatic Meade refractors. Would the image quality be a lot different between the apochromatic and achromatic? Lastly, I thought this scope would be good because it includes the equatorial mount, and the GoTo remote. What do you guys think? http://www.meade.com/catalog/lxd55/lxd55_achrofrac.html |
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