[deltatango]

Hi all

Looking to buy Lx90 8" can anyone help with good price supplier

Found at £1495, anyone know any cheaper ?

Thanks Terry

PS what about import from US, is it cheaper after paying duty

[ollypenrice]

Fork SCTs command very low prices on the used market...
Just a thought.
Olly

[Cornelius Varley]

If you purchase from the US you will need to pay import duties and VAT and will not have any warrantee, the cost difference may not be that great. Also most US dealers will not / are not allowed to sell outside the USA.

Peter

[deltatango]

Cheers guys, will want warranty on a new one, will have to buy UK then....

I sold all my camera gear, had a canon 7d, but thought might invest in a canon 20d being you can pick them up cheap now around £100, for taking images with the LX90.

Any comments on this setup

Terry

[E621Keith]

An alternative would be Celestron's C8 SE (£1198) or CPC800 (£1540). Celestron's mounts are generally more reliable.

[ollypenrice]

Originally Posted by deltatango

Cheers guys, will want warranty on a new one, will have to buy UK then....

I sold all my camera gear, had a canon 7d, but thought might invest in a canon 20d being you can pick them up cheap now around £100, for taking images with the LX90 or maybe a larger apo.

Any comments on this setup

Terry

Yes, it won't work. Sorry, but I really don't think it will. The LX90 mount is not sufficiently accurate to image at the focal length of an 8 inch SCT (2 metres native, 1.6 metres reduced). Besides, does the LX90 support autoguiding now? In the past it didn't and needed modifying. Without an autoguider there is no hope of imaging at those FLs and even with it the Meade fork mounts are very tricky on the autoguiding front.
And even when/if you get the autoguiding sorted the standard SCT optics will not cover an APS chip without significant distortions off axis.
If AP is your main interest I would go for a complete rethink and a small refractor on an HEQ5 or NEQ6. If you want to do visual and AP with the same setup then I'd suggest an 8 inch Newt on an NEQ6.

The low price of used SCTs is fuelled by their unsuitability for AP, particularly for someone trying to learn the ropes at the outset. (I speak from experience here...)

I know this reply sounds a little blunt but the idea of forums is to exchange experiences and I see no point in saying things in which I don't believe. Without actually lying the makers of fork SCTs convey the impression that their instruments are ideally suited to AP and this is, in my view, entirely false.
Olly
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[earth titan]

Olly is right on the accuracy needed for imaging with an SCT cos the slowness of the scope means the shutter needs to be open for so much longer. I'm struggling valiantly on with my SCT (for the chllenge really) and starting to get some reasonable images but I have two advantages.

My 8" SCT is EQ mounted not fork (bought it specifically because of this) and it runs on an HEQ5 with guiding. Still a challenge though..

[CGolder]

Being an lx90 owner i have to agree with the other chaps

It is possible to use the lx90 for this but its more difficuit and frustrating than doing it right from th offset.

The lx90 is a great visual setup.

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[blusky]

Originally Posted by ollypenrice

Yes, it won't work. Sorry, but I really don't think it will. The LX90 mount is not sufficiently accurate to image at the focal length of an 8 inch SCT (2 metres native, 1.6 metres reduced). Besides, does the LX90 support autoguiding now? In the past it didn't and needed modifying. Without an autoguider there is no hope of imaging at those FLs and even with it the Meade fork mounts are very tricky on the autoguiding front.
And even when/if you get the autoguiding sorted the standard SCT optics will not cover an APS chip without significant distortions off axis.
If AP is your main interest I would go for a complete rethink and a small refractor on an HEQ5 or NEQ6. If you want to do visual and AP with the same setup then I'd suggest an 8 inch Newt on an NEQ6.

The low price of used SCTs is fuelled by their unsuitability for AP, particularly for someone trying to learn the ropes at the outset. (I speak from experience here...)

I know this reply sounds a little blunt but the idea of forums is to exchange experiences and I see no point in saying things in which I don't believe. Without actually lying the makers of fork SCTs convey the impression that their instruments are ideally suited to AP and this is, in my view, entirely false.
Olly
ollypenrice's Photos

Thanks, that's a good an honest answer. How about a sticky?
PS This answers my previous thread.

[ollypenrice]

Originally Posted by blusky

Thanks, that's a good an honest answer. How about a sticky?
PS This answers my previous thread.

Noooo...
I'm unpopular enough as it is on the subject of fork SCTs!!
Olly

[deltatango]

Thanks guys for the informed answers, so really stars etc are out for DSLR, will it be OK for moon and the sun ?

Just another Q, Is the price difference worth it SCT v ACF