Meade vs. Celestron Telescopes?
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James Asked:
Both of these manufacturers make an 8 inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope retailing at about the same price. If anyone has experience with the Celestron Telescope CPC or the Meade LX90, which would you prefer and why?
Thanks!
Reply:
‘ve owned 25 different telescopes over the past 51 years, including four from Celestron Telescopes and three from Meade. On the whole, my experiences with Celestron Telescopes scopes have been consistently more positive than with Meade scopes. As a result, I currently own two Celestron scopes, a NexStar 6SE and a CPC 1100, and no Meade scopes (unless you count my Coronado PST, which was purchased before Meade bought Coronado). I’ve found Meade’s quality control to be very uneven, whereas Celestron’s quality has been consistently good.
Are you referring to the C11-SGT? This is one Celestron Telescopes I would strongly recommend you _avoid_. The optics are excellent, same as on my CPC 1100, but it is grossly undermounted on the ASGT mount, which is just adequiate for an 8″ SCT, but not anything as big and heavy as an 11″ SCT. This tube needs a much heavier mount, such as the Celestron CGE or the Orion Atlas:
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From the page: “Celestron Telescopes – Great Videos About Celestron Telescopes, Telescopes Online”
Virtually all of the major brand scopes are imports. Meade, Celestron, Astro-Tech, Orion, William Optic. To call them JUNK is a big big mistake and completely untrue.
How do I know? Well here is the web site of one of our Astronomy club members using a Meade LX90 in alt az mode without a wedge, and a Meade DSI Pro Camera. These are all well made scopes for the price point, and can serve you well for many many years.
Here look at this web site– LX90
PS I doubt very seriously that someone on this forum who ACTUALLY OWNS as Astro Physics Scope would call these other scopes junk. The AP scope is beyond the finances available to most of us who are in the Astronomy Hobby. AND if we were going to spend that much money we would probably buy a comparable Takahashi scope and NOT an Astro Physics scope.
http://www.takahashiamerica.com/