How good is going to telescopes and what is the procedure to follow when an installation?
I'm thinking of going to the U.S. to buy a Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain, the much lower price would pay for the airfare. My Newton has a polar scope, which for some reason is very adjustable. Not I see the purpose of this. This year if I can set up well enough I'll try to find some objects using Red Shift 4.
There are some savings to be made, and customs of the United Kingdom does not seem to know how to deal with telescopes – you might get away lightly when it comes to paying taxes! If you are planning to do any astrophotography that require an equatorial wedge – the alt-az mounts right track, but you'll rotate the tube. SCT does not have smaller mirrors – Although I suppose that the hole in the middle makes them lighter. As Dewing, I think they are worse than the Newtonian – the corrector plate is completely exposed.
Meade telescope into hi-res Schmidt astro-camera
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