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My previous optical astronomy has involved using the Meade DS-16 Newtonian Reflector on its German Equatorial pier mount. The DS-16 has a 16" parabolic mirror of focal ratio f/4.5. The DS-16 has both RA and DEC drives, a dual axis drive corrector, a southern hemisphere 220 VAC RA motor, and a DC DEC motor on DEC tangent arm. The DS-16 has a 2" focuser (all metal), a 1.25" to 2" eyepiece adapter, and a spotting scope. The DS-16 also has heavy duty wheels as well as large screws which level and lift the telescope off of the ground. The DS-16 weighs in at around 240 lbs so the wheels come in real handy! The DS-16 also has large metal setting circles to aid in manually finding deep space objects. I sold the DS-16 in October, 2003. Full size 860x645 pixel version of picture above: DS-16_full.jpg |