I saw this too. It looks like a fantastic price for a Ritchey-Chretien. Lots of great features - carbon fiber tube, electronic collimation, built-in dew heater, etc. BUT, I am still interested to see what kind of periodic error the mount has. Also, I would be very interested to see if they would offer an OTA only version. The current version seems to have a lot of mount base & OTA electronics intertwined. But, a 10" RC for $5k & a 14" RC for $9k still seems like a VERY sweet deal. Clear skies, Dale. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+dale.hooper=sdl.usu.edu@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+dale.hooper=sdl.usu.edu@mailman.xmission. com] On Behalf Of diveboss@xmission.com Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 10:05 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Meade announces new product http://www.meade.com/rcx400/ _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com