Posts Made By: Larry Citro

hi,

I have one and it has carried 40 to 50 lbs and has had no problem doing hi res ccd imaging. It's a great mount.

larry citro

ps see my image of m51 above taken last night with about 27 lbs on it.

hi,

Beautiful image ...well done

Larry Citro

hi,

Use PEC .. get good pec training with the Lx200 and use it in conjunction with the autoguider you will get better resluts.

Larry Citro

hi,

Perhaps a Televue Paracor would help.

Larry Citro

hi,

I had a LX200 8" with a AO unit, sold the LX200 and then bought a MI250 goto mount.

There has been some good discussions in the Yahoo ccd-newastro group about exactly this issue ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ccd-newastro/ ).

Mark de Regt, one of the moderaters, uses a LX200 with an AO unit and gets great results.

Having used both a MI 250 goto and a LX200 I can say there's a world of difference in the amount of tinkering needed to get good resluts ... the MI 250 works flawlessly.

If your were buying equipment from scratch and considering these two options then the pros and cons of each would be worth discussing... BUT you already have a great mount and to get rid of it is a step backwards, IMHO don't do it. Buy a new OTA such as the C11 and go from there.

The MI is much more flexable and can use many ota's, the srevice by Larry Myers is outstanding and the mount is very reliable. The price paid is the incomvience of the meridian flips and the sometimes awkward position of the eyepiece .. a price well woth paying if you are interested in getting hi resolution, hi quality CCD images.

clear skies,


Larry Citro

http://starryforge.com .. images taken with a MI 250 mount

hi,

My 2 cents ... a used Televue Pronto with a minus violet filter ... a lot of performance for the price. $1500 for 3" of aperture just does not make sense to me..


Larry .. Pronto owner and happy with it

hi,

Bravo !! Well done. That C11 must have very fine optics.

clear skies,


Larry Citro

hi,

Just a super image.

Larry Citro

hi,

Don't need a truss system for a 8" or 10" scope as they are quite portable and managable as sonotube systems. The 12" is a little iffy. Some of us can handle a 12 sonotube and some of us think they are too bulky. I'm converting my 12 sonotoube to a truss ssytem.

clear skies,

Larry Citro

hi,

Goes to show you that a 6" f5 achro has its uses. I'll bet it is a sweet wide field scope.

clear skies,

Larry Citro