Meade 10" LX50 F10 Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope (1997-2003)

This telescope was a great scope. It provided great views of the planets and deepsky. Opticaly, the quality of images is about the same as my newer LX200 scope but it does lack the goto capabilities that my LX200 has. This scope has served me well and i have countles hours of use on this one. Not to mention this was my first scope by which I learned astrophotography both by film and digital. This telescope has proved to be a vital tool in my astronomy and astrophotography interests. I sold this telescope so that I could upgrade to the LX200 version for its goto capabilities which ofcourse came at a much higher price! Both images show other equipment such as the pantex K2 SLR film camera which i no longer use due to the digital cameras and also shows my 80mm celestron telescope which I still use today. Other things seen on the images was my home made counter weight system and my home made piggy back system as well as the right angle 8x50 finder and telrad which became VERY usefull in finding deepsky objects!