Mewlon 210 ... for imaging

Dear friends ... and that guy O'Connell,

I was wondering if anyone here has used a Mewlon 210 for observation and/or imaging?

I have come to an agreement with someone to exchange my Coronado h-alpha system for his Mewlon 210 and which I would like to use for imaging the members of the solar system. It comes with excellent optics (PV lambda/10 and RMS lambda/50 if I am not mistaken) and its long effective focal length make it ideal for planets, the moon and the sun.

The Mewlon 210 along with a barlow will give me a really good and aggressive image scale when used in conjunction with my DMK firewire camera.

Thanks in advance.

Oh lord! :shock: A scope of dreams!

Dear friends ... and that guy O'Connell,

I was wondering if anyone here has used a Mewlon 210 for observation and/or imaging?

I have come to an agreement with someone to exchange my Coronado h-alpha system for his Mewlon 210 and which I would like to use for imaging the members of the solar system. It comes with excellent optics (PV lambda/10 and RMS lambda/50 if I am not mistaken) and its long effective focal length make it ideal for planets, the moon and the sun.

The Mewlon 210 along with a barlow will give me a really good and aggressive image scale when used in conjunction with my DMK firewire camera.

Thanks in advance.

I haven't used one. I heard something about them before though to do with collimation. More difficult than a SCT if I recall correctly.
Bst of luck with it. Hope it arrives safely.

Michael,

The collimation is not really a concern since I have a lot of experience with it from my C14 days. There is also software available - CCDInspector - that helps you nail it anyway.

This is a serious quality scope and I hope to have results for everyone shortly.

Sonds good. Best of luck with it and I hope it arrives safely from the UK.