The LX90's forthcoming availability has placed my interest in Celestron's NexStar 8 into an extended orbit. As this is a recently formed group, I eagerly...
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Wayne Powell (AeroWood)
aerowood@...
Aug 21, 2000 1:16 pm
Thank you for your post. I created this eGroup for exactly this reason (to discuss differences in similar GOTO scopes), and to support the LX90 scope once it...
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Robert S. Greenstein,...
RG@...
Aug 22, 2000 11:32 pm
Wayne, From a conversation yesterday Monday, Aug 21, 2000) with one of Meade's in-house LX200 Technical Specialists, the LX90 is slated for a late September...
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Robert S. Greenstein,...
RG@...
Aug 28, 2000 6:31 pm
While awaiting availability of the LX-90, I've been using the time to consider Eyepieces and the Diagonal, as well as a storage case for the LX-90. As for the...
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Wayne Powell (AeroWood)
aerowood@...
Sep 13, 2000 11:41 am
Just wondering if anyone has heard of or has an ETA on the LX90? My dealer (here in Canada) doesn't expect the first shipment to arrive until October. In the...
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Robert S. Greenstein,...
RG@...
Sep 13, 2000 8:49 pm
Hi Wayne! There seems to be lots of turbulence and poor seeing regarding the LX90's availability date. Amongst the various purported release dates I've heard,...
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Wayne Powell (AeroWood)
aerowood@...
Sep 14, 2000 11:28 am
Robert, Thanks for your message. Yes, Meade must be doing production of the LX90 off-shore. Apparently they've been trucking around a prototype to dealer ...
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Robert S. Greenstein,...
RG@...
Sep 15, 2000 1:07 am
Hopefully any offshore production components of the LX90 will at least meet, if not exceed, Meade's domestic quality assurance tolerances. In preparation for...
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jon@...
Sep 15, 2000 5:24 pm
Thanks for starting this group, Wayne. We need a support group for impatient future owners of the LX90 : ) I bought my first scope last year, so I am...
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jon@...
Sep 15, 2000 5:34 pm
I was told by Meade customer service that the scope would weigh 20 lbs which seems hard to believe, but if true would be great. Any idea how much the future...
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jon@...
Sep 15, 2000 5:37 pm
Several phone conversations with Meade have revealed that they really have no idea. One to three months is what I have been told. My sense is that they don't...
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Robert S. Greenstein,...
RG@...
Sep 15, 2000 6:17 pm
Hi Jon! The person you spoke with at Meade may have given you the tripod weight. Meade's LX90 advertising/marketing materials show: Net Telescope Weight 31...
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Jon Jacob
jon@...
Sep 15, 2000 6:20 pm
... Thanks for the info on the future upgrades. I may get into astrophotography later which is why I choose the LX90 over the NexStar so this is not a big deal...
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Wayne Powell
wayne.powell@...
Sep 16, 2000 11:14 am
Welcome to the new members who have joined this LX90 discussion group! Any LX90 spottings, info, references, pictures or opinions are really appreciated in...
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Wayne Powell (AeroWood)
aerowood@...
Sep 16, 2000 11:35 am
My dealer's evaluation of the prototype was that the scope would be at least 30lbs, closer to 35lbs final weight. In my mind this puts the LX90 on the upper...
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Ian Maule
ian@...
Sep 16, 2000 2:34 pm
Hi Group, I've been a happy Nexstar 5 owner since December last year but aperture fever has started to strike. The Nexstar 8 is an obvious choice but the...
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Wayne Powell (AeroWood)
aerowood@...
Sep 16, 2000 3:05 pm
I'm in the same boat. I purchased a Nexstar5 (and I'm quite happy with it in most respects), but having been lusting after a larger aperature scope for...
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jon@...
Sep 30, 2000 6:01 pm
Haven't seen a post for a while. Hope y'all are still there : ) Anybody recieve their scope yet?...
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Wayne Powell (AeroWood)
aerowood@...
Oct 1, 2000 12:19 am
My dealer, here in Canada, is now not expecting the LX-90 to begin delivery until November. Apparently he says the Meade US office has only just received the...
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Jon Jacob
jon@...
Oct 1, 2000 8:11 pm
... Hum. Once again contradictory information coming from Meade. My dealer said that I should expect mine mid-Oct....
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Wayne Powell (AeroWood)
aerowood@...
Oct 1, 2000 8:22 pm
Are you in Canada too? US dealers will probably be getting them a couple weeks earlier and my dealer tends to not be optomistic about Meade delivery dates so...
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lx90@egroups.com
Oct 24, 2000 9:57 pm
Enter your vote today! Check out the new poll for the lx90 group: When Will the LX-90 actually arrive? o November o Early December o Late December o Next Year...
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jon@...
Oct 24, 2000 10:12 pm
I voted for November. I am forever hopeful : )...
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Wayne Powell (AeroWood)
aerowood@...
Oct 24, 2000 10:39 pm
My vote is for November too. I'll check with my Canadian dealer(s) tomorrow. I've been happily plunking away with my nexstar5 in the meantime. experienced my...
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Scott Horne
gsm2horne@...
Oct 25, 2000 1:45 am
When you finish your 'star-tent', you WILL post diagrams, right? *grin* ===== Scott Horne http://starjourney.net ...
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Wayne Powell (AeroWood)
aerowood@...
Oct 30, 2000 12:55 pm
The operative word here is "when". ;-) I'm working on it, as I want to use it this winter, but it's been difficult to take the time to do the sewing. But...
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Wayne Powell
wayne.powell@...
Oct 30, 2000 1:10 pm
Update: My dealer here in Canada is expecting the first LX-90's to come down the pipe in late November. Has anyone heard differently? Wayne Powell AeroWood...
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Kevin Pfeifle
kpfeifle@...
Oct 30, 2000 4:20 pm
Wayne Powell wrote: Update: My dealer here in Canada is expecting the first LX-90's to come down the pipe in late November. Has anyone heard differently? Wayne...
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Scott Horne
gsm2horne@...
Oct 30, 2000 5:30 pm
There is an astro-tent out there called the 'gallileo' (sp?) that retails for $319. It is a four sided dome tent with zip-down sides. The sides come...
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Wayne Powell (AeroWood)
aerowood@...
Oct 30, 2000 5:42 pm
I looked at the specs for that one on the web, fairly similar to what I am doing with modifying an Ice Tent (CAN$150) from Sears. Of course modified items...
