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Date: 22 Apr 2007 21:29:53
From: steve
Subject: Meade 114mm reflector
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Hi,
Does anyone have any experience of using a Meade 114mm F8 reflecting
telescope? Are they ok and optically sound or are they a turkey?
regards Steve
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Date: 29 Apr 2007 14:44:14
From: Gord Tulloch
Subject: Re: Meade 114mm reflector
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The optics and OTA are generally very good, the mounts generally suck.
Mount them on a decent mount they're quite nice!
Regards,
Gord
steve wrote:
> Hi,
> Does anyone have any experience of using a Meade 114mm F8 reflecting
> telescope? Are they ok and optically sound or are they a turkey?
>
> regards Steve
>
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Date: 29 Apr 2007 21:05:03
From: steve
Subject: Re: Meade 114mm reflector
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Hi, I've got a TAL GEM mount from a TAL-1 that has sadly bitten the dust.
It's steady and smooth to operate but does take some moving about if you're
feeling tired.
Regards Steve
On 29/4/07 8:44 pm, in article 3j6Zh.65781$NK5.15799@newsfe23.lga, "Gord
Tulloch" <gord.tulloch@gmail.com > wrote:
> The optics and OTA are generally very good, the mounts generally suck.
>
> Mount them on a decent mount they're quite nice!
>
> Regards,
> Gord
>
> steve wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Does anyone have any experience of using a Meade 114mm F8 reflecting
>> telescope? Are they ok and optically sound or are they a turkey?
>>
>> regards Steve
>>
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Date: 24 Apr 2007 21:39:06
From:
Subject: Re: Meade 114mm reflector
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On Apr 22, 4:29 pm, steve <aeo...@wagtail.abelalwalys.co.uk > wrote:
> Hi,
> Does anyone have any experience of using a Meade 114mm F8 reflecting
> telescope? Are they ok and optically sound or are they a turkey?
>
> regards Steve
Steve,
Over on this website: http://www.cloudynights.com some folks have been
buying the 114mm f/8 tube assembly and making nice Dobsonians with
them. I have a older but similar Tasco 11t 114mm f/8 newtonian on an
EQ mount that works well for me. I upgraded the focuser to use 1.25"
eyepieces, added an RA drive, and installed a 6x30 finder scope. We
use it for astronomy night in my son's Cub Scout pack. It's also easy
to transport to a camping site. When things are collimated well, the
old Tasco is good to about 200x. Using a Vixen 5mm Ortho eyepiece, I
was able to pick out surface detail on Mars during the fall of 2005.
Of course this eyepiece cost more than what I paid for the entire
telescope in the first place!
I think your 114mm Meade will give good views of the moon and
planets. It won't do so well on deep sky objects. At 4.5" of aperture,
it just doesn't have the light collecting ability. Good eyepieces
will make or break this 'scope.
Hope this helps,
Gene DiGennaro
Baltimore, Md.
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