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LX10 - Any comments? Can it be made a Goto?
I just checked apogee and they are selling these old 8" LX10 scopes at a
bargain US900+ for the normal one and $1100 for the UHTC version. This is the only place selling this scope (I thought it was discontinued as Meade does not list it on its site.) Can I check : 1. Is this scope an obsolete model? 2. Does it come with OR can it be used with the Autostar? 3. How is this scope compared to the LX90 and Nexstar 8 for visual use? Thanks in advance -- If replying directly, please delete "abc" from e-mail address. Thanks |
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Al wrote:
2. Does it come with OR can it be used with the Autostar? No. Well, anything can be modified. When I was much younger, we thought nothing of putting a Chrysler engine in a Ford. You could also put autostar in an LX10, but it would cost too much. There does not seem to be any space in the LX10 fork to install a dec motor and drive unit. If you modified the fork to accept a dec unit, the fork would still be much too weak. Meade sold a dec motor unit as an option for the LX10 as part of the Deluxe option kit. It was sold separately and user-installed so it may not be available from Apogee now. It was just meant for manual pointing, though, not goto. 3. How is this scope compared to the LX90 and Nexstar 8 for visual use? For visual use the LX10 is fine. I find the fork, however, to be not too stiff and the tripod is not nearly as stiff as that of an LX200. I checked out a couple of them and agree they're fine for visual but not great for imaging. Mike Simmons |
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Al wrote:
2. Does it come with OR can it be used with the Autostar? No. Well, anything can be modified. When I was much younger, we thought nothing of putting a Chrysler engine in a Ford. You could also put autostar in an LX10, but it would cost too much. There does not seem to be any space in the LX10 fork to install a dec motor and drive unit. If you modified the fork to accept a dec unit, the fork would still be much too weak. Meade sold a dec motor unit as an option for the LX10 as part of the Deluxe option kit. It was sold separately and user-installed so it may not be available from Apogee now. It was just meant for manual pointing, though, not goto. 3. How is this scope compared to the LX90 and Nexstar 8 for visual use? For visual use the LX10 is fine. I find the fork, however, to be not too stiff and the tripod is not nearly as stiff as that of an LX200. I checked out a couple of them and agree they're fine for visual but not great for imaging. Mike Simmons |
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"Jornada" wrote in message ... I just checked apogee and they are selling these old 8" LX10 scopes at a bargain US900+ for the normal one and $1100 for the UHTC version. This is the only place selling this scope (I thought it was discontinued as Meade does not list it on its site.) Can I check : 1. Is this scope an obsolete model? Since Meade no longer sells this scope, you can call it obsolete. 2. Does it come with OR can it be used with the Autostar? No. Well, anything can be modified. When I was much younger, we thought nothing of putting a Chrysler engine in a Ford. You could also put autostar in an LX10, but it would cost too much. There does not seem to be any space in the LX10 fork to install a dec motor and drive unit. If you modified the fork to accept a dec unit, the fork would still be much too weak. 3. How is this scope compared to the LX90 and Nexstar 8 for visual use? For visual use the LX10 is fine. I find the fork, however, to be not too stiff and the tripod is not nearly as stiff as that of an LX200. Al Thanks in advance -- If replying directly, please delete "abc" from e-mail address. Thanks |
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"Jornada" wrote in message ... I just checked apogee and they are selling these old 8" LX10 scopes at a bargain US900+ for the normal one and $1100 for the UHTC version. This is the only place selling this scope (I thought it was discontinued as Meade does not list it on its site.) Can I check : 1. Is this scope an obsolete model? Since Meade no longer sells this scope, you can call it obsolete. 2. Does it come with OR can it be used with the Autostar? No. Well, anything can be modified. When I was much younger, we thought nothing of putting a Chrysler engine in a Ford. You could also put autostar in an LX10, but it would cost too much. There does not seem to be any space in the LX10 fork to install a dec motor and drive unit. If you modified the fork to accept a dec unit, the fork would still be much too weak. 3. How is this scope compared to the LX90 and Nexstar 8 for visual use? For visual use the LX10 is fine. I find the fork, however, to be not too stiff and the tripod is not nearly as stiff as that of an LX200. Al Thanks in advance -- If replying directly, please delete "abc" from e-mail address. Thanks |
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old 8" LX10 scopes... I thought it was discontinued as
Meade does not list it on its site. Meade still makes the LX-10, shows it in their catalog and at the website. The LX-10 is not old, it's just requires 'your' computer. ;-) http://www.meade.com/catalog/lx/lx10.html |
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old 8" LX10 scopes... I thought it was discontinued as
Meade does not list it on its site. Meade still makes the LX-10, shows it in their catalog and at the website. The LX-10 is not old, it's just requires 'your' computer. ;-) http://www.meade.com/catalog/lx/lx10.html |
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"Mike Simmons" wrote in message ... Al wrote: 2. Does it come with OR can it be used with the Autostar? No. Well, anything can be modified. When I was much younger, we thought nothing of putting a Chrysler engine in a Ford. You could also put autostar in an LX10, but it would cost too much. There does not seem to be any space in the LX10 fork to install a dec motor and drive unit. If you modified the fork to accept a dec unit, the fork would still be much too weak. Meade sold a dec motor unit as an option for the LX10 as part of the Deluxe option kit. It was sold separately and user-installed so it may not be available from Apogee now. It was just meant for manual pointing, though, not goto. I'm almost certain that the dec unit you're talking about is used with the tangent arm already on the LX10. If this is true, the maximum movement would be only a few degrees...no good for GOTO. Al 3. How is this scope compared to the LX90 and Nexstar 8 for visual use? For visual use the LX10 is fine. I find the fork, however, to be not too stiff and the tripod is not nearly as stiff as that of an LX200. I checked out a couple of them and agree they're fine for visual but not great for imaging. Mike Simmons |
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"Mike Simmons" wrote in message ... Al wrote: 2. Does it come with OR can it be used with the Autostar? No. Well, anything can be modified. When I was much younger, we thought nothing of putting a Chrysler engine in a Ford. You could also put autostar in an LX10, but it would cost too much. There does not seem to be any space in the LX10 fork to install a dec motor and drive unit. If you modified the fork to accept a dec unit, the fork would still be much too weak. Meade sold a dec motor unit as an option for the LX10 as part of the Deluxe option kit. It was sold separately and user-installed so it may not be available from Apogee now. It was just meant for manual pointing, though, not goto. I'm almost certain that the dec unit you're talking about is used with the tangent arm already on the LX10. If this is true, the maximum movement would be only a few degrees...no good for GOTO. Al 3. How is this scope compared to the LX90 and Nexstar 8 for visual use? For visual use the LX10 is fine. I find the fork, however, to be not too stiff and the tripod is not nearly as stiff as that of an LX200. I checked out a couple of them and agree they're fine for visual but not great for imaging. Mike Simmons |
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"Jornada" wrote in message ... 1. Is this scope an obsolete model? I think it's still in production. It is a good, reliable telescope. 2. Does it come with OR can it be used with the Autostar? No, but from companies such as JMI, you can buy digital setting circles. That's a system where the computer finds the objects, but you move the telescope. That is, it tells you which way to move and tells you when you get there. The motors in the LX10 track the stars -- that is, on an equatorial wedge, they hold an object in view as the earth rotates. They do not (as far as I know) move the telescope from one object to another. 3. How is this scope compared to the LX90 and Nexstar 8 for visual use? Identical. Same optics as the Meade 8-inch f/10 LX90 and LX200. Practically identical to the Celestron 8-inch f/10 in its various incarnations. I think you're getting a bargain. -- Clear skies, Michael Covington -- www.covingtoninnovations.com Author, Astrophotography for the Amateur and (new) How to Use a Computerized Telescope |
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