Yeah, I'm now in the process of buying a telescope – and just when I thought I had found the one that would work for me, I've come to discover it's not perfect. Then again, what telescope is? This leg of my telescope journey began on Christmas Eve, although there's no rush to get anything soon (as the skies over Seattle will remain mostly to partly rainy throughout these winter months). I know that Meade is a leading manufacturer, and that the larger aperture I get, the better – it's just deciding on a specific telescope at this point. The more automated the system, the better; I'm already having nightmarish flashbacks to high school trig. Maybe it's the LX200, maybe not?

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