From: "Russell Whitaker" <russell_whitaker@hotmail.com>
>I've never owned a decent amateur optical telescope,
>but am interested in picking one up.
>I saw an ad in this month's National Geographic for
>a Meade ETX-60AT Astro Telescope, selling with Autostar
>Hand Controller for $299. Found the online product listing:
>"http://www.meade.com/catalog/etx60-70/index.html"
>I'm primary interested in observing Earth's moon, Mars,
>our gas giants and their larger moons, NEO Eros, as well as
>some of the brighter stars (higher absolute magnitude)
>and galaxies.
>Anyone have experience with Meade optics? Any contrary
>recommendations?
I have a ETX-70 that I got as a gift, and I love. These units
interface with a laptop with no problem, and Meade sells some
pretty good software for them. Now if I didn't like in Chicago's
glare....
For a little more money they make a ETX-90 which has Matsukov-
Cassegrain (sp?) optics.
Maybe Amara our resident expert could help.
Brian
Member:
Extropy Institute, www.extropy.org
Adler Planetarium www.adlerplanetarium.org
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Ameritech Data Center Chicago, IL, Local 134 I.B.E.W
P.S doubles as a spotting scope.....
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