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| Re: New Or Used Telescopes
Forum List | Follow Ups | Post Message | Back to Thread Topics | In Response To Posted by Paul Rest/">Paul Rest on November 13, 1998 01:14:23 UTC |
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Well I think I can safely say that Meade's 7 inch apochromatic refractor is a "cream" telescope, being the largest constant production refractor there is (and probably the highest quality). However the 7" costs $6000 (ouch), more in your price range is the 5 inch apo which will undoubtably give you very nice images. On the 7" Meade Mak (either the LX50 or the LX200, Sky and Telescope reviewed that scope about two years ago and it passed with flying colors. Meade's computerized telescopes (from what I've read, I've never used a computerized telescope, I'm a Dob man) have the best tracking and locating capablities of any azimuth mounted scope, so the 7" Mak LX200 will undoubtably be a wonderful scope. Other things you might want to look at: Orion has a nice 4.7" refractor for about $2000 on an equatorial mount, and they also have a 6" Mak-Newt on the same mount, which are supposed to have excellent views of the planets due to their small central obstruction. What about the good old 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain? Both Meade and Celestron have excellent such scopes, with top-notch optics, easy setups, big databased of objects and so forth. I think Parallax mainly make mounts, not scopes, but I'm not sure. Of course, what you want is depended on the good old four P's of telescope buying. So best of luck, and hope this has helped you some. If you want, tell me what you mainly want to look at, and maybe I can narrow your search down a bit. -Paul : I am interested in investing in a new telescope system. My price range is $2000.00 - $3500.00. I would dearly love to own a 5 or 6 inch Astro Physics or Takahashi apo, but life's realities being what they are I am open to suggestions. I am mainly interested in high-quality optics as opposed to giant apeture. Anyone out there know anything about Ceravolo or Parallax as alternatives to high-priced apo's? How about used Questars or even ( gulp! ) Mead's 7 inch Mak or their 7 inch ( semi ) apo? Talk to me.
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