Help! I'm on the verge of buying a second-tier solar telescope, and am looking at the Coronado Solar Max II 60 f/6.6 with the 10mm blocking filter and the Lunt 60mm f/?? (can't find it) with a 12 mm blocking filter. The Coronado claims 0.75 Angstrom pass, the Lunt 0.8 Angstrom. The Coronado has a helical focuser, the Lunt, a Crayford. Everywhere I look the Coronado is about $200 more, and anyway, I must admit, I'm hesitant about the Coronado since it is now owned by Meade (Y'all know what I'm talkin' about, I believe. . .). So, I'll save a couple hundred bucks by following my heart. Still, I know nothing about Lunt. How do those scopes compare? What's the quality of Lunt products? I don't suppose anyone wants to give me their two cents worth? (yeah, right!) Thanks John R. Peterson
John: Get hold of Bill Cowles at Inkleys on Monday morning. He has had serveral solar scopes from PST's , 60mm SolarMax and now has three including his newest. A 60mm Lunt Double stack. It is just perfect. I am not much of a solar guy but I have looked through Bills Lunt several times now and I am impressed. It' fit and finish is impecable and the service you will receive from Lunt is first rate. They are getting rave reviews. The Lunts are still hard to get in a timely manner but Bill can give you some leads as to where to order it for the shortest delivery time. His was one of the first ordered and it took 18 months. They are not taking that long now but still running on Back order most places. Good hunting. Steve
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 10:25:18 -0600 From: docpity@earthlink.net To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Which Solar Telescope
Help! I'm on the verge of buying a second-tier solar telescope, and am looking at the Coronado Solar Max II 60 f/6.6 with the 10mm blocking filter and the Lunt 60mm f/?? (can't find it) with a 12 mm blocking filter. The Coronado claims 0.75 Angstrom pass, the Lunt 0.8 Angstrom. The Coronado has a helical focuser, the Lunt, a Crayford. Everywhere I look the Coronado is about $200 more, and anyway, I must admit, I'm hesitant about the Coronado since it is now owned by Meade (Y'all know what I'm talkin' about, I believe. . .). So, I'll save a couple hundred bucks by following my heart. Still, I know nothing about Lunt. How do those scopes compare? What's the quality of Lunt products? I don't suppose anyone wants to give me their two cents worth? (yeah, right!) Thanks John R. Peterson
_______________________________________________ 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.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
I just looked at the optcorp.com website. It seems that the Lunt has a better focuser if you want to do astrophotography. The Lunt seems to be a better deal but I would talk to the people at OPT because they know their products. I'd like a 60mm also but I would check cloudynights.com or astromart because people like to upgrade and you can get mint condition equipment at a good price. Debbie On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 10:25 AM, John R. Peterson <docpity@earthlink.net>wrote:
Help! I'm on the verge of buying a second-tier solar telescope, and am looking at the Coronado Solar Max II 60 f/6.6 with the 10mm blocking filter and the Lunt 60mm f/?? (can't find it) with a 12 mm blocking filter. The Coronado claims 0.75 Angstrom pass, the Lunt 0.8 Angstrom. The Coronado has a helical focuser, the Lunt, a Crayford. Everywhere I look the Coronado is about $200 more, and anyway, I must admit, I'm hesitant about the Coronado since it is now owned by Meade (Y'all know what I'm talkin' about, I believe. . .). So, I'll save a couple hundred bucks by following my heart. Still, I know nothing about Lunt. How do those scopes compare? What's the quality of Lunt products? I don't suppose anyone wants to give me their two cents worth? (yeah, right!) Thanks John R. Peterson
_______________________________________________ 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.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
John, Here is what my friend Jim said about Meade. He recently just bought a new Lunt 152mm solar telescope. I'm going to have to head out to LaVerkin one of these days to take a peek through it. Debbie "I hate Meade too - I sent my SM90 to Meade 6 months ago as the views were poor - I just got it back and it now works fine - It only took them 5 months and they refuse to tell me what they did. I think they may have sent me a new one !!" On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Debbie <astrodeb@beyondbb.com> wrote:
I just looked at the optcorp.com website. It seems that the Lunt has a better focuser if you want to do astrophotography. The Lunt seems to be a better deal but I would talk to the people at OPT because they know their products. I'd like a 60mm also but I would check cloudynights.com or astromart because people like to upgrade and you can get mint condition equipment at a good price.
Debbie
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 10:25 AM, John R. Peterson <docpity@earthlink.net
wrote:
Help! I'm on the verge of buying a second-tier solar telescope, and am looking at the Coronado Solar Max II 60 f/6.6 with the 10mm blocking filter and the Lunt 60mm f/?? (can't find it) with a 12 mm blocking filter. The Coronado claims 0.75 Angstrom pass, the Lunt 0.8 Angstrom. The Coronado has a helical focuser, the Lunt, a Crayford. Everywhere I look the Coronado is about $200 more, and anyway, I must admit, I'm hesitant about the Coronado since it is now owned by Meade (Y'all know what I'm talkin' about, I believe. . .). So, I'll save a couple hundred bucks by following my heart. Still, I know nothing about Lunt. How do those scopes compare? What's the quality of Lunt products? I don't suppose anyone wants to give me their two cents worth? (yeah, right!) Thanks John R. Peterson
_______________________________________________ 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.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
participants (3)
-
Debbie -
John R. Peterson -
Steve Fisher