Re: Meade Telescopes. Which one to buy?

From: Matthew Ota (matthewota_at_bigvalley.net)
Date: 08/21/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 18:28:28 GMT

I would settle for nothing less than 8 inches in aperture. The LX90 is a
good buy.

Matthew Ota

bill kline wrote:

> I'm considering getting a Meade ETX series Astro Telescope and was
> looking for some feedback as to which one to buy or even another mfg.
> The use will be for my father-in-law mainly, so once set up it ideally
> needs to be "user friendly". I'm no rocket sceintist, but after some
> brief research I think I can get this set up for him to use.
> He has always wanted a telescope and now has the scratch to invest in
> one, so I want to make sure he is getting what he wants.
> Any suggestions are welcome.
> TIA
>