Absolutely! It does require longer exposures at F10 but the contrast and magnification this telescope offers is incredible. The coma-free optics also make it an excellent telescope for Astrophotography. However, the LX65 mount is not suited for imaging! If I want a nice long-exposure (30-seconds or more) than the LX65 mount that comes with the Meade 8" ACF would be a poor choice. Luckily the 8" ACF comes with a long dovetail so you can mount it on other tripods. 5-20 second exposures are still possible on the LX65 given good conditions and setup, so EAA and Live-stacking is certainly a possibility. But for the best results, we've found long focal length telescopes such as the 8" ACF seen here work best on sturdier mounts like an Equatorial. When I use Henrietta on the LX65 for Astrophotography, I often lose half my 20-second exposure images due to tracking errors and slight gusts of wind. When I use it on my Losmandy G11, I can easily exceed 60 seconds and keep almost all of my frames. So, definitely a great telescope for AP so long as you have the right expectations for exposure times depending on whichever mount you have it on is my ultimate opinion! Lastly, the focuser for this telescope could be better. It works great but it's not a fine focuser. We upgraded it to have a 2" 10:1 Crayford attached to the back and focusing has been a dream with this telescope since. One more thing: we got lucky with Henrietta since it never has needed collimation. We've owned it since 2020 and taken it on many bumpy road trips. 3 years of brutal service and it still has flawless collimation. There is a service tag on the back with the initials of the manufacturing team, and they are my heroes! If you ever get a Meade 8" ACF I hope it's as good as Henrietta! Hope that helps :) Clear skies!
wow dude.. that’s awesome.. … just look at it.. jeepers. 👍🏻
Heck yeah thank you, Jesus! Clear skies!!
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Really good! Thanks! 😉😉 So, It is possible to astrophotography DSO with this telescope?
Absolutely! It does require longer exposures at F10 but the contrast and magnification this telescope offers is incredible. The coma-free optics also make it an excellent telescope for Astrophotography.
However, the LX65 mount is not suited for imaging! If I want a nice long-exposure (30-seconds or more) than the LX65 mount that comes with the Meade 8" ACF would be a poor choice. Luckily the 8" ACF comes with a long dovetail so you can mount it on other tripods.
5-20 second exposures are still possible on the LX65 given good conditions and setup, so EAA and Live-stacking is certainly a possibility. But for the best results, we've found long focal length telescopes such as the 8" ACF seen here work best on sturdier mounts like an Equatorial.
When I use Henrietta on the LX65 for Astrophotography, I often lose half my 20-second exposure images due to tracking errors and slight gusts of wind. When I use it on my Losmandy G11, I can easily exceed 60 seconds and keep almost all of my frames.
So, definitely a great telescope for AP so long as you have the right expectations for exposure times depending on whichever mount you have it on is my ultimate opinion!
Lastly, the focuser for this telescope could be better. It works great but it's not a fine focuser. We upgraded it to have a 2" 10:1 Crayford attached to the back and focusing has been a dream with this telescope since.
One more thing: we got lucky with Henrietta since it never has needed collimation. We've owned it since 2020 and taken it on many bumpy road trips. 3 years of brutal service and it still has flawless collimation. There is a service tag on the back with the initials of the manufacturing team, and they are my heroes! If you ever get a Meade 8" ACF I hope it's as good as Henrietta!
Hope that helps :) Clear skies!
thats insane
Indeed! Sweet name. Clear skies!