Telescopes (Meade ETX 70 & Skylux) in Lidl Monday 22nd N

Dave - the planeterial fog is that which you find hovering in the skies of Ireland...

And by the way lads, since you're all off to Lidl, I've cancelled the orders for the Tak FCT 200 observatory systems. Xmas cheer to you all

Dave

I hope you didnt cancel thinking the ETX will track and image just as good since everyone in the country is getting one

BTW, scopetronix.com have a number of bits and pieces which you can add onto the scope, just scroll down the left hand side of their page until you see ETX, you could easily spend the price of the scope again.

Sorry Leo - you weren't in the mix and I'm afraid the cancellation has gone in already... Get yer skates on to Lidl old boy but watch for out for the rush!

The Tak would be too heavy anyway. Bah humbug! :twisted:

Dave

Dave L - I'm absolutely sure that the ETX will give a Tak 200 some serious competition - seriously! At the price differential, the ETX sounds like a good buy - especially for chucking in the supplied rucksack at the last minute and heading off to find a hole in the planeterial fog - probably somewhere in the sunny south. A great way to kick start a youngster with an inkling for looking up. And those not so young to get outside a bit more!

I suspect a lot of you folks on this board will have stiff competition from officianados of Sliver and 10

Dave

The EXT 70 has a PC connection. There is a CD and connecting cable kit available for $49.95 + shipping which will allow you to control this scope from your lap top.... eh .. if you have a lap-top that is....

Anyway the kit is "#506 AstroFinder" available from Colorado Scientific Instruments & Supply Co. Denver, Colorado. A nice stocking filler!

Web site: www.sciencecompany.com

e mail: sales@sciencecompany.com

Happy Shopping

Liam

Great that it has a PC connection! I'm betting I can make a DIY cable for this - they're usually simple serial type things, the only thing is software but there seems to be a lot of Meade related homebrew/freeware stuff out on the net (have to have a proper look around to be sure).

It certainly looks like there will be a fair few Meade users in here come next week.

The ETX70 is a great little scope, for solar observing (with a proper filter of course) as well as night sky stuff. Mine will happily hook up to a laptop for control, but I've not needed to bother as the handset has all you really need to get pointed in the right direction It takes 6 AA batteries to power it, and they seem to last for a good night's viewing unless it gets really cold, when you'll want a second set to swap with. The Lidl offer says there is a backpack with it, which I really wish I had for mine as that would make taking it around on my scooter easier than it is now...

All in all I would reccomend this as a great first, or secondary scope.

Have Fun,
Jim.