Orange C8 Vs LX5 8"

[astrogeorge]

I've got the chance to get an 8" sct OTA, the 2 options i have are the celstron C8 the original orange coloured one or the meade lx5 8" and wanted to know which would be the better scope. The ota will be mounted on my eq6.

[John]

I've got the chance to get an 8" sct OTA, the 2 options i have are the celstron C8 the original orange coloured one or the meade lx5 8" and wanted to know which would be the better scope. The ota will be mounted on my eq6.

I would tend to favour the Celestron as I have owned 2 of their SCT's and the optics of both were very good. In reality though there's probably not a huge difference between them in terms of capability.

Here's a link to a comprehensive guide to the older SCT's by Rod Mollise (it's a downloadable PDF). I do get the feeling though that Rod's a Celestron fan so it might not be that impartial !:

http://skywatch.brainiac.com/used/index.htm

John