Meade LX200 8“, 10“, and 12“ Schmidt-Cassegrain Overview! (+the 7“ Mak) What to Look For!

Meade LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrains! I cover the 8”, the 10”, and the 12”. There’s an overview, a section on tips and tricks, buying advice for older units, and a special section on the 7” Maksutov. Amazon Affiliate Links: Orion Starblast Telescope Zhumell Z114 Telescope (same as the Orion Starblast) Orion XT6 Telescope (new version as of 2022) Orion XT8 Telescope (new version as of 2022) Sky-Watcher 6” Dobsonian Telescope Sky-Watcher 8” Dobsonian Telescope TeleVue 24mm Panoptic (my favorite ” eyepiece) TeleVue 13mm Nagler Type 6 eyepiece TeleVue 7mm Nagler Type 6 eyepiece TeleVue Everbrite ” Diagonal TeleVue 2X Barlow (Much better than the cheap throwaway barlows found in cheap scopes) Heated gloves Heated vest Small planisphere Large planisphere The Cambridge Star Atlas The Stars: A New Way To See Them Sky & Telescope’s Pocket Star Atlas The 21st Century Atlas of the Moon Turn Left at Orion (good beginner’s book about finding stuff) My tiny 8X21 binoculars are here A decent pair of 7X35 binoculars A decent pair of 7X50 binoculars The Orion 8X42 binoculars are here Camera used for filming Camera I’m using for 4K video and some B-Roll The lens I use for filming (80% of the time) The lenses used for filming the rest of the time (17-40 f/4 and 24-70 f/4) and My tripod My ballhead The softboxes I use Wireless mic: My astrophotography book contains advice on telescopes observing, and taking pictures (based on my award-winning Dartmouth thesis, June 2020) 255 pages, 258 color images: Top Three Recommended Beginner’s Telescope Video: Top Beginner’s Astronomy Books: For Complete Beginners, Part 1: For Complete Beginners, Part 2: Hundreds of other telescope reviews on