I really like my 10" LX200. About the only thing that I can fault is the
weight, which is necessary for performance.

As for man handling it, it weights about 2/3 my body weight, but I manage.
Actually, I need to work out anyway because I fly and need the upper body
strength and both provide a good excuse to get onto my rowing machine!


Marv (North Dayton with light polluted skies :-( )

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>Subject: [M]: Fw: LX 200 purchase advice (Long)
>Date: Mon, May 7, 2001, 6:15 PM
>

> I've been lurking here for some time, and have found the level of
> discussion
> to be thoughtful and considerate. I'd like to a few questions as it looks
> like I've gotten the wife's permission to get an LX-200 this summer.
>
> Astronomy has been a love of mine since I was small, and I earned my BA in
> Astrophysics with the goal of being an astronomer. During high school I
> even
> saved enough to get an early Dynamax SCT (since sold). Of course, the late
> 70's weren't great for people wanting to get a PhD in astronomy, so I got
> my
> MBA instead and have moved around in various businesses (always in major
> light-polluted locations). I now live in the suburbs of Cincinnati
> (limiting
> magnitude at my house is around 3.5, although I have dark sky sites
> available to me about 1 hour away), and my son is now old enough to be
> pretty excited about the stars. We've gone to star parties ("wow, dad") and
> I want to get a telescope that I/we will not outgrow anytime soon
> (actually,
> I'd like it to be a scope I'd probably never outgrow).
>
> I'm leaning towards the 10" f/10 (I expect mostly visual use for DSO's, but
> from time to time I'd like to try my hand with my trusty OM-1), although
> the
> weight puts me off a bit. At 60lbs, I'm sure it's a conscious effort to
> haul
> it out of the case and up to the tripod. The last thing I want to do is
> have
> to explain to my wife about the big (expensive) pile of glass sitting in the
> driveway.
>
> So my main question is - for those who have wrestled with 8" vs 10", what
> swayed you in one direction vs the other? Is 10" too big for the light
> polluted area in which I live? Do some of you 10" owners find the weight to
> be more than you bargained for (after purchase, of course - all telescopes
> are light as a feather before you buy them)?
>
> A second, less important question concerns photography with the fork mount.
> With the size of off-axis guiders plus camera bodies, how do you take
> photos
> of objects near the celestial pole?
>
> Any advice/information you share would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>

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