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In article <93021.030722LABBEY@GITVM1.BITNET>, <LABBEY@GITVM1.BITNET> writes:
> "Research grade" means that his telescope is just like any other.  There are
> no grades in telescope quality.  No such system exists.  Quality varies
> from specimen to specimen.

I've got packed away somewhere an older (2,3 yrs.) Meade catalog that
I remember only hazily, but weren't the 826 and some xxyy scopes in
the 10-12" range (where xx=size) old-style "Cave"-style Newtonians
with rotating tubes, heavy/heavier mounts, etc?  I seem to remember
that their weights and costs were a lot more than their Sonotube
"Deep Space" Newtonians.  Wasn't "research grade" Meade advertising
blurb-ese for "not made of cardboard?" (Not being snobby here--I've
got a cardboard Coulter.)

I have no information about their optics, but I think they had
longer and more forgiving focal lengths....

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