Hi Mike
Best of luck with your choice of telescope system. I purchased a Meade 2” flip mirror system for my Celestron C8 (I found it to be a useful tool indeed on my SCT 8” when astroimaging) from Andy in North Down Telescopes. Service was second to none and my email and telephone queries were always answered promptly. I had the unit delivered to the door even before I had time to send Andy on the payment by registered post!
If you’re going ahead in purchasing the Meade LXD75 8" for astrophotography you may need some additional items like dew shield, dedicated main power supply, specific camera adaptor/s, filters, illuminated-reticule eyepiece, laser / eyepiece collimation unit, focal reducer, Barlow for planetary work, cables for remote computer control, etc etc etc. It really depends on what you want to do and by what means in the astrophotography game and what your budget will stretch to!
The best thing is to plan now, set goals and ascertain what additional accessories are required, get on the phone to Andy for advice and see what kind of bundle deal can be done in one transaction. In summary I would be happy to purchase again from North Down Telescopes.
Clear skies and best of luck
Mike
I83 Cherryvalley Observatory
After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say; "I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER".
