Actually, the Meade Ha scopes are now made in Mexico. I have the SolarMax 90 and it works well. Pre-Meade were certainly not better, at least in the PST scopes. Meade inherited the "rust" problem from the original Coronado.
Re: Coranado H-alpha Pre-Meade vs Meade
Started by Edd Weninger, 02/11/2011 04:28PM
Posted 02/11/2011 04:28PM
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Posted 02/11/2011 10:40PM
| Edited 02/11/2011 10:40PM
#1
Yes, Mexico....I just bought a Meade made Coronado Solarmax40. I've used everything from the PST through the 90mm pre-Meade. I don't see any material differences and the view through the scope is phenomenal. I'd love a larger scope, but this is what my budget allowed.
I imagine the ads are tugging at the same passions some have for "Circle NJ" Televue eyepieces complete with the green boxes....
I imagine the ads are tugging at the same passions some have for "Circle NJ" Televue eyepieces complete with the green boxes....
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Posted 02/12/2011 03:22PM
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If you're in the market, you may want to jump now.
http://www.shopatron.com/products/category/Coronado+Solar+Telescopes+and+Filters/1323.0.1.1.57212.96482.0.0.0
http://www.shopatron.com/products/category/Coronado+Solar+Telescopes+and+Filters/1323.0.1.1.57212.96482.0.0.0
Ralph Aguirre said:
I'm glad others see the new Meade Coronado filters the way I do. I'm looking to getting me a Solarmax 90 filter and BF15 for my TV-85 / TSA-102 this year. I still have my Cemax eyepiece set, which was a nice compliment to the SM 60 I had before.
As least Mexico is North America. Ive always liked Meade ED refractors, though I'm not a fan of their SCT's.
...RalphEdd Weninger said:
Actually, the Meade Ha scopes are now made in Mexico. I have the SolarMax 90 and it works well. Pre-Meade were certainly not better, at least in the PST scopes. Meade inherited the "rust" problem from the original Coronado.
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