Weasner's Meade ETX Buyer/User Tips

BUYER/NEW USER TIPS

Last updated: 26 September 2007

This page is intended to be a resource for prospective ETX and DS buyers and for new ETX and DS users. Long time users may also find some information here to be beneficial. The information is from my personal experiences as well as inputs from other users. Buyers and new users should also see the Accessories, User Observations, Observational Guides and References, Tech Tips, and various Feedback pages.

Impressions ETX-90RA - My First Impressions (1996, 1997) Comments from New Users (04/25/99) My ETX-90EC Experiences (1999) My ETX-125EC Experiences (1999, 2000) My ETX-70AT Experiences (06/17/01) My ETX-105 Premier Edition Experiences (05/15/06) Specifications DSX-90 Photos (12/03/03) "New" vs "Old" - How to Tell (11/04/03) Some Telescope Comparisons (06/30/01) Telescope Models (1/13/01) Movie (2.4MB) of the ETX-60AT TV Commercial (11/3/00) (Courtesy of Pyros Pictures) ETX-125EC & NexStar5 specifications (10/24/99) ETX QuickTime VR (03/31/98) ETX-90 Specifications	Purchase Suggestions Deep Sky Filters (02/14/06) Soft VS Hard Cases (08/04/05) Power Supplies (07/18/05) Maximize your ETX-70 visual capabilities (07/31/01) How to Begin in Amateur Astronomy (08/07/00) DS Model Pointers for Beginners (12/31/99) Purchasing a Used Telescope (12/09/00) Eyepiece Simulator (11/15/00) Information on Eyepieces (04/16/01) What Eyepieces Should I Buy? (04/10/99) Eyepiece Tips ("Eyepieces >Selection Guide") (02/16/99) What Accessories to Buy? (02/16/98)

Miscellaneous Tip for Finding North (05/10/07) Magnetic Declination, Magnetic Variation (11/17/06) ETX-60/70/80 Focusing Tips (11/05/06) Polar alignment in the Southern Hemisphere (09/08/06) LNT Summary (05/25/06) Another Polar Alignment Procedure (07/18/05) Tip on Using a Magnetic Compass (04/18/05) Using High Magnification, Accurate Time (04/14/04) Hester's ETX-125 vs Orion Short tube 120 (10/31/03) Mars 2003 - What should you expect to see? (08/30/03) Easy True North Finder (08/11/03) ETX-The Movie (06/18/03) ETX-Assistant (6/08/03) Cleaning the Tube (02/16/03) Where -is- RA=00:00:00, anyway? (06/26/02) Daffron's ETX-125EC, Orion Starmax 127EQ comparison (01/12/02) Polar Aligning Near the Equator (03/03/01) ETX-90EC, NexStar5 comparison (02/24/01) Lombry's ETX-125EC, NexStar5 comparison (French) (02/13/01) Telescope Maintenance (02/10/01) Some Eyepiece Magnification Comparisons (06/07/00) Software, Using the Setting Circles (03/04/00) ETX-125EC & NexStar5, Part 2 (12/20/99) ETX-70AT, ETX-125EC, & NexStar5 (10/12/99) Discussion Groups and Mailing Lists (10/07/04) Polar Aligning Techniques (07/29/99) Cleaning Optics (07/31/04) Messier Objects with the ETX (05/23/02) Learning the Night Sky (12/15/98) What to Look at with the ETX (03/19/98) Traveling with the ETX (09/21/97)	True Confessions How to Ruin a Perfectly Good New Telescope! (4/14/02)

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