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Hi Paul, I wrote a long and thoughtful reply to some of your points, but unfortunately, my firewall timed out and had disconnected me from the internet traffic (though modem still connected), for

Wow. That was quite a welcome Wayne. In any event, although I can appreciate you view I don't neccessarily agree. I tend to look at things a little differently. There is plenty of banter in the

I must say this is really the funniest post I've read anywhere in a long time. OUCH! Still can't stop laughing! :-) I really hate to sully it by bringing out these sobering comments though: 1).

Hi Paul, You've made all of the others on the C14 group very happy. Now we can drop this facade. The truth is that this entire C14 group has just been a ruse perpetrated by the evil Celestron

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Well I sold my 12" LX200 and purchased a C14 today. Should be here in a week. Having only owned Meade's for the past 12 years it seems kind of weird, like I am leaving my wife. However, I hope to

Hi Group, would those members that receive a Digest of the list please replace "Digest Nr..." with the discussed topic in the subject line, this makes it somewhat easier for us all... Tks, Geert

Hi Group, This remark by Wayne just about reflects my experience. I had a custom made 10" f/15 excellent optical quality Opticon SCT. I owned both my (second hand) C-14 and this Opticon for about

Dear Paul and group: I would have to mirror (no pun intended!) Ken's remarks as far as the C14 goes. My former scope was an $11,000 Questar Seven OTA with a strehl ratio of .95 at the eyepiece.

Hi Kevin. I am curently using a Losmandy G11. That mount is not solid enough with the C14 at f2 to do CCD in any but the calmest wind conditions It is very difficult to get any acceptable images

Hi Wayne, To me, It sounds that maybe the Bearings themselves were distorted somehow when they were pressed in, and this altered their inside diameter spec? Or they weren't seated properly, and are

Good afternoon Ken: Can you please tell me what mount you have the C-14 on? I have not had real good luck with the C-14 in Fastar mode on the CI-700. Clear skies, Kevin Dixon ksbtk@... the

Hi Paul. I graduated from a 1979 C8 (with outstanding optics) to the C14 in March 2000. The fit and finish is excellent. I have used it 30-40 times and it shows on signs of ware. Mechanically it

Hello Mark, This tells me that I indeed do have a slight tolerance problem despite my mic-ing my polar shaft (and finding it exactly the dia. it should be). Perhaps the bearing(s) are off spec? I

I am giving serious consideration to this scope. I would like some feedback on peoples opinions of the mechanics, finish, and most importantantly the optics. Please email me direct at

Hi Wayne. I myself never did have any problems with the fit of the Polar bearings to the Polar shaft concerning assembly-disassemly other than the fact that you had a hell of a lot of weight to

Hi Wayne. I myself never did have any problems with the fit of the Polar bearings to the Polar shaft concerning assembly-disassemly other than the fact that you had a hell of a lot of weight to

Dear Ken and Mark, Thank you for your replies. Let me try to address each salient point individually. * First, the "tool" I spoke of is something I designed and created for myself, though I

Hi Wayne, Nope, I never had one single problem with my HGM-200, which was bought from Spectra Astro-Systems-Dan Gordon (Now defunct) (With only the very wierd initial occurence noticing that the

You really did hit it right! I was dealing with Scott direct, but had no luck! What is the "tool" you use for daylight polar alignment? Sounds really good! Ken directly excellent to you 11.