Re: Telescopes

From: Chris L Peterson (clp_at_alumni.caltech.edu)
Date: 03/10/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 22:26:03 GMT

On 10 Mar 2005 13:28:08 -0800, "nick" <vladis.2@juno.com> wrote:

>Wonder is there any kind of a factual basis for this
>statement? I am not aware of any published official data by the
>two makers - why would they keep on hiding it if it is so superb?

I wasn't aware that anyone was hiding anything.

The basis of my comment is my own experience with Meade products that I
own, my experience with SCTs in general at star parties, and the
experiences of my friends with SCTs and the many positive postings here
and elsewhere (which greatly outnumber negative ones, at least as far as
the optics are concerned).

IMO, published data on optics is generally not useful, since numbers are
so often in conflict with actual performance at the eyepiece. I prefer
the rely on the opinions of experienced observers and imagers.

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com