LX200 10" SCT

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I used myself as a reference for the size of the scopes.

Celestron

Classic C8

8"SCT

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The following astrophotography pictures were taken with the 2 telescopes above.

Prior to April 24, 2000 all the pictures were taken with the Celestron C8, all pictures taken after this date were taken with the Meade LX200 10".

I used 4 different types of Cameras to take the Astrophotographs you find on these pages.

- Kodac DC265 Digital Camera

- Modified Quickcam Pro

- Meade Pictor 208XT

- Starlight Express MX5-C

Images taken with these cameras are not like what you see looking through the scopes themselves.   It is hard to focus the camera.   The images you see represent about 20-30 minutes of focusing before I took each picture.