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I went with the LXD75 SC8. The initial setup (training the drives, alignment) is rather difficult and the manual is even more frustrating. I hope I get to see something tonight.

I pretty much have it narrowed down to these two: http://meade.telescopes.com/products...ngs-28013.html http://meade.telescopes.com/products...ube-54694.html

Does anyone know anything about Celestron?

Wow it's been two years since I started this thread. I got sidetracked with other issues and never got a scope but might try again soon. I still have the two scopes I was looking at bookmarked. Any thoughts on these two? http://meade.telescopes.com/products...ngs-18207.html...

The book came today Dan. I have lots of reading to do. :D

Dan, you've given me alot to think about and I thank you for that. I joined a group on Yahoo dedicated to the 2130ATS and one of the first messages I read was:

Dan, I do appreciate the advice. Like you said I'm just really excited to "see" things. I will do my homework and try to be patient. I think at this point I won't be able to afford anything over $400. Maybe I should wait and save up for the ETX-125AT. My wife finally broke down and let me buy...

Well the reason I was looking at the first Meade was: 1) GOTO function 2) Motorized tracking (my old scope was manual and boy was it a pain keeping things in view) 3) ability to upgrade to the CCD camera 4) ability to hook to my laptop So with all these in mind, is the 2130ATS a good...

Thanks for the advice guys. I see Meade has refurbished units on Ebay. What do you think of some of them? http://stores.ebay.com/Meade-Factory...enameZL2QQtZkm

I'm really looking into getting back into amateur astronomy. I had a telescope when I was a kid, and want to give it another go. I'm currently looking at the Meade 2130ATS model. http://www.meade.com/starterscopes/ds_series.html Does anyone have experience with any of the Meade brand...