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THE TELESCOPE

Now comes the moment of truth. This thing is heavy; at 91 pounds it’s about 15 pounds

heavier than a 12” LX200GPS. My hope is that it’ll still be easier to assemble to the

tripod because the shorter optical tube parks between the forks like the smaller SCT’s.

It turns out that it IS easier to mount than a 12” LX200GPS. I lifted it out of the box and

onto the tripod fairly easily. The springloaded center bolt made it unnecessary to place it

perfectly; I just plopped it on there and slid it around a bit until the bolt snapped up into

place. The large, comfortable handle made tightening the bolt into the telescope base

quick and easy. On the other hand, the fork arm handles are just as poorly placed as

they are on the LX200GPS models - but at least the balance is much closer. There’s

lots of room between the telescope base and the drive base for hardware; about 2.5”

more room than is available on the 12” LX200GPS.

The rear cell of the optical tube has an approximately

3.25” threaded fitting for optical accessories. I found

that both my Moonlight crayford-style focuser and a

Lumicon Giant EZ-Guider fit just as they would on a

10” or larger Meade SCT. A reducer is supplied with

the RCX that takes this down to a standard SCT thread

fitting. All the standard SCT accessories I tried fit the

reducer normally. The RCX is also supplied with a

surprisingly massive 2” visual back which attaches to

the reducer and accepts the supplied refractor-style 2”

UHTC diagonal or other 2” accessories.

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