Schmidt cassegrain 8" or 10"

[The Titan Calibos]

Narrowed my choice down to a Schmidt for a new scope, wondering if there is much of a difference between the two sizes of 8" or 10" as far as end product is concerned.

Any body got experience with both and if so any advice, i would be grateful.

MY main focus is gonna be DSO.

[damnut]

Hi there,

Used to have a 10"Lx, fork mounted and a great scope. You have not mentioned if you are going for a fork mount or otherwise. The Lx 200 was 70lb to mount so enough for one in the dark.

For me there was no choice did not consider the 8". Putting a wide 30mm on the sct gave great views.

You have a great choice to make though...

Cheers

[The Titan Calibos]

Hi there,

Used to have a 10"Lx, fork mounted and a great scope. You have not mentioned if you are going for a fork mount or otherwise. The Lx 200 was 70lb to mount so enough for one in the dark.

For me there was no choice did not consider the 8". Putting a wide 30mm on the sct gave great views.

You have a great choice to make though...

Cheers

Sorry, your right, should have said it's gonna be the Meade lx200 acf on a standard field tripod...for now!

[Space Dragon]

The main reason for choosing an 8" over a 10" would be portability, if you can handle the 10" then go for that.

If you are considering buying a new Meade, you may want to consider this for warranty purposes.....

http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/5623456/page/0/view/collapsed/sb/5/o/all/fpart/1#Post5624383

Celestron make equally good SCTs.