Re: New Celestron CPC scopes dissapointing?

From: RMOLLISE (rmollise_at_aol.com)
Date: 01/29/05 

Date: 29 Jan 2005 09:14:32 -0800

Michael McCulloch wrote:
> In what particular areas, Rod? Just curious...
>

HI Michael:

--No carbon fiber tube.

--No Fastar secondary.

--An alignment routine that, while it may prove to be a good thing in
some ways (other than just saving Celestron money), seems on the face
of it less elegant than North and Level, and one that makes GPS just a
frill.

--Even the little fork arm holder for the handpaddle is gone. It was
really a great place to put the paddle when you were controlling the
scope via RS232.

--Trivial, I suppose, but this is an ugly _looking_ scope IMHO compared
to the NS GPS. The Nexstar GPS always looked like it belonged on the
bridge of the starship Enterprise...this one looks like it would be
most at home in a 1979 disco! ;-)

--Those chrome tripod legs...what's the first thing you notice on a
chrome Meade tripod at a star party? RUST! ;-)

Maybe I'm just disappointed in that I expected "New and Innovative"
instead of just "New and Cheap."

Keep in mind that I HAVE NOT SEEN NOR USED A CPC. This may turn out to
be _the_ classic Celestron...I _doubt it_, but you never know! :-)

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of:_Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
http://members.aol.com/RMOLLISE/index.html

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