Re: Help on choice of scope
Date: 27 Mar 2005 08:17:44 -0800
Hi,
What you might want to consider is the LX90 or the Celestron Nexstar 8.
Both of those are very good scopes and are much cheaper than the
LX200.
The 8" SCT is very easy to set-up and use.
jeff
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