i'm confused

[AstroTiger]

hi Guys

As many of you are aware i am trying to catch up with the latest nomenclature of instruments.

Can anyone advise what the diff is between the LX series of telescope and the ETX?

Many thanks

Al

[Jamie]

Hi Al

All of the ETX scopes are a combination of small refractors and small Maksutov type scopes.

The ETX's start at 70mm and go up to 125mm in aperture. (they are also all fork mounted/AltAz)

The LX series of scopes are a range of Newtonian/Schmidt Newtonian/Schmidt Cassegrain and refractors.

The LX's are a mixture of fork mounted scopes and equatorial mounted scopes of larger aperture.

They do 2 refractors in the LX series 5" & 6"

The Newtonian & Schmidt Newtonian start at 6" aperture and get bigger (much bigger)

The Schmidt Cassegrain type scopes start at 8" aperture and go up to about 16".

Hope that helps mate..