Re: Buying LX200, have ? on size
| Subject: | Re: Buying LX200, have ? on size |
| From: | Tom Mote |
| Date: | Mon Apr 01 07:32:02 1996 |
On Apr 01, 1996 08:49:24, greyh@fastlane.net wrote:
>You can settle the size issue once and for all pretty
>easily. I agonized between the 8" and the 10" as well, so I
>put my bathroom scales in the kitchen and proceed to pick
>up, walk around, and weigh myself with most of my small
>furniture. It turned out I have a stereo speaker thats
>similar in size and weight to the 8" (37 pounds). I then
>added weight to make it the same as the 10" (61 pounds).
>----------------------------------
Grey,
The oversight in your solution is that the larger size is probably at
least as much a problem as the additional weight. I moved up from
a 10" to the 12" which only weighs about eight pounds more. I
found out too late that the greater bulk of the 12" made it virually
impossible for me to mount the scope without some help. At 70, I
really dont have any problem with picking up an additional eight
pounds, but I do have a problem with holding all that weight out
farther from my own center of gravity. My solution was to make the
ridiculously expensive purchase of an 8" to take to star parties, etc., and
to leave the 12" permanently mounted. Im sure glad the kids are grown and
on their own now. :-)
Tom
>You can settle the size issue once and for all pretty
>easily. I agonized between the 8" and the 10" as well, so I
>put my bathroom scales in the kitchen and proceed to pick
>up, walk around, and weigh myself with most of my small
>furniture. It turned out I have a stereo speaker thats
>similar in size and weight to the 8" (37 pounds). I then
>added weight to make it the same as the 10" (61 pounds).
>----------------------------------
Grey,
The oversight in your solution is that the larger size is probably at
least as much a problem as the additional weight. I moved up from
a 10" to the 12" which only weighs about eight pounds more. I
found out too late that the greater bulk of the 12" made it virually
impossible for me to mount the scope without some help. At 70, I
really dont have any problem with picking up an additional eight
pounds, but I do have a problem with holding all that weight out
farther from my own center of gravity. My solution was to make the
ridiculously expensive purchase of an 8" to take to star parties, etc., and
to leave the 12" permanently mounted. Im sure glad the kids are grown and
on their own now. :-)
Tom
