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Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 1:54 PM
Subject: [sct-user] MEADSTRON-8 is born


> Hello Group
>
> Being a fairly new and naiive amateur astronomer, I am not yet
> shackled by what is "right" or what may be considered "unatural" or
> simply "not done".
> But, having been one of the lucky ones who just recently purchased a
> complete, new in the box Nexstar-5 telescope from the Natural Wonders
> chain "Going Out of Business" sale, I now needed a second base for my
> Telrad.
> I proceeded down to the local telescope emporium and as I was looking
> at a store display of the Nexstar 4,5 and 8 scopes I realized that
> the Nexstar 5 and 8 scopes used the same base/arm unit.
> I therefore proceeded to execute an idea that came to me at that time.
> After doing some on-line research, I discovered the products of Ray
> Cooper and Frank Dilatush ( http:www.buyastrostuff.com ). I purchased
> the appropriate plates and brackets as well as some 230mm rings from
> Scopetronix and created the "MEADSTRON-8".
> After mounting and properly balancing everything, I took
> the "MEADSTRON-8" out last night and it worked flawlessly! I can
> switch from the 5" Celestron OTA to my MEADE 8" 2080 OTA in under one
> minute easily.
> Final tally? I now own both a 5" and an 8" GOTO scope with an 18000
> plus object database for under $1200!!. The major bonus is the
> unbeleivably simple transport and setup requirements.
> I am stoked to the max!!
> To see some pictures (12) of the new MEADSTRON-8, check out the
> following URL.
>
> http://www.buyastrostuff.com/nexstar/nexstar-archive/Baron's-
> Meadestron-8/
>
> Clear Skies
>
> Baron
> 33.886N/ 117.846W
>
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