LightBridge LB-12 30,5cm/12" Dobson HR... leicht aufzubauender und kompakt verstaubarer Gitterrohr-Dobson Meade LightBridge Dobsons lassen sich auf kleinstem Raum verstauen und sind überall schnell auf- und abgebaut. There are smaller ones in the range which are less heavy. Saturn with its rings of course including the Cassini division. You also get a 2inch Meade 35mm extension tube and a red dot finder. You’ve got to wonder about Meade’s reasons for using silver paint on the truss tubes and dark grey paint on the inside of the OTA - you’d be forgiven for expecting black. You will however be looking to buy a couple more EPs and a 9mm is a good start, or if you’ve got good seeing a 7.5mm is a safe bet. Please re-enable javascript to access full functionality. A cooling fan is built into the mirror cell and you get a rather flimsy looking 8xAA battery case and unpluggable lead. General items like a laser collimator and a red light torch are perhaps more obvious. M31 Andromeda Galaxy, in good seeing is almost too wide for the 26mm EP. I have found that lugging the scope around by the truss tubes can pull the upper OTA and mirror cell out of alignment - so I now lift the OTA by the bearing wheels. The Pleiades is just beautiful and jumps right out at you in the 26mm EP. You currently have javascript disabled. Choose your book when you subscribe to BBC Sky at Night Magazine today! I love the fact that the OTA is a Newtonian design and so you look through the EP to the side, at the top of the OTA. Really. 10 inch Meade LightBridge review. The bracket is of plastic construction and feels a little like it’s the weak point of the whole telescope, but in practice it’s perfectly adequate and the small amount of flex in the plastic bracket is a welcome side effect after you’ve hit your head on it once or twice whilst lifting the OTA in and out of the rocker box. As the scope can store vertically, the whole scope assembly takes up the approximate space of a dining chair. Community Forum Software by IP.BoardLicensed to: Cloudy Nights, Nov 24 2011 11:28 AM | The Dobsonian mount gives you complete freedom to move it around the sky at your own pace. I know when I unpacked the scope that I thought the plastic red dot finder bracket would be the weak link in the chain, but it’s the the collimation knobs on the primary mirror that give me the most trouble. The standard scope is completely manual and moves freely and silently thanks to the azimuth roller bearings and felt-lined altitude bearings. You get the whole moon in the 26mm EP. If you don’t loosen the mirror locking screws after bringing the scope back inside the house, you may find it will go out of alignment. The completed OTA then lifts into the rocker box and is held secure within the altitude bearings under its own weight. Community Forum Software by IP.BoardLicensed to: Cloudy Nights, Article: Cn Report: Meade 12" LightBridge Deluxe, This is not recommended for shared computers. Jupiter shows the great red spot and cloud belts and the Galilean moons. The OTA was also very simple to construct: the truss tubes clamped securely into the mountings on the mirror cell with simple locating lugs and bolts with hand knobs, and the upper OTA fitted onto the truss tubes with some slight tension in the tubes - a very stiff and secure structure. Other than these points it’s a great scope. You have a choice between an 8”, 10” or 12”, and you can get the deluxe or regular flavor. Is this scope perfect? in, Article: Meade Lightbridge 12inch Truss Tube Dobsonian - long term review, This is not recommended for shared computers. Saturn has a lovely sandy beach colour with this scope. Fortunately, it somehow never came in contact with the mirror, or if it did, it didn't rub against it very hard. Deep Sky (the real strength of this scope): M42 Orion Nebula opens right up and shows wondrous wispy threads of gas cloud. Our rating . You lift the OTA by the large bearing wheels and it is pretty heavy; if I wasn’t as strong as I am, I might have trouble moving the OTA in one section. There is little need for the altitude brake when using the scope in its standard form without heavy accessories to unbalance it. I received the telescope in 2 boxes. This decision was based primarily upon the large aperture this scope provides and the fact that I personally find using slow motion controls on equatorial mounts very difficult and actually rather awkward - and I personally wasn’t looking for a GOTO mount this time. It will never fit into a backpack, but does break down into four easily manageable sections: Rocker box, Upper OTA, Mirror Cell and Truss Tubes - plus any accessories and EPs. 4.5 out of 5 ... January 21, 2011 at 12:00 pm . Sporting an updated focusing system from the original series, the Meade Instruments LightBridge Plus 12" f/5 Truss-Tube Dobsonian AZ Telescope represents the mid-size in the series to give you excellent light-gathering while being easier to set up and break down versus the larger 16" model. 10 inch Meade LightBridge. The rocker box is really only chipboard and although of course it has never seen any rain, it has been subjected to plenty of dew and it’s still fine, as are the mirrors and all adjustment screws and knobs. You will use all these and more, and if you buy super, or ultra wide angle EPs you’ll be rewarded with the view. You’ll never forget the image of Saturn. If kept inside in the warm, the scope will need cooling down when taken outside. Views along the terminator are brim full of detail and very rewarding. The LightBridge is made by GSO for Meade and currently comes in three different sizes and two different flavors. You might need to collimate it every time you use it (I do). Don'’t expect the primary mirror to move when screwing-in the adjustment screws unless you apply inward pressure at the same time. The scope actually came in two packages: one containing the mount - in this case a chipboard rocker box (white plastic coated) with an accessory tray on the side, the other containing the Optical Tube Assembly (OTA). The red dot finder fits to the upper OTA with a dovetail type fitting. I take this scope outside whenever I can. The Lightbridge needs to be located on a reasonably level platform or it will move about on its azimuth bearing through gravity - the roller bearings are that good. The 26mm QX EP is fine and it works for me. … You can tighten down or loosen the azimuth bearing by adjusting the one knob in the centre of the rocker box base. You currently have javascript disabled. My Meade deluxe lightbridge 12” came with a 2inch Crayford type focuser, a 2inch Meade QX wide angle 26mm Eyepiece (EP) which is 5 element, fully multi-coated and with a 70degree apparent field of view. Review of the Hubble Optics 14 inch, f/4.6 Premium Ultra Light Dobsonian Tele... My experience with the Starizona Landing Pad, A quick Review of the MIGHTY MAX 12V 100AH BATTERY, FIELD TEST OF THE BAADER MAXBRIGHT® II BINOVIEWER, My Experience using SkyWatch for the Alphea All Sky Camera from Alcor Systems, Astroart 7 - A Review and "How To" (Part 1), My experience using two 80-millimeter long-focus refractors, interstellarum Deep Sky Guide Desk Edition. Their website had plenty of information and the scope was a very reasonable price. So you know, I am a complete and utter novice. Just about the best you will get. Get the object in focus and then let go; without touching the scope at all you can get great clear views completely free from tube wobble. There is enough detail in there to gaze at it for ages; it just seems to go on and on. I have had the scope a little over a year now and I reckon I’ve only missed a handful of dark, clear skies and the scope is not worse for wear from lugging it around. This is really only aesthetic, but sometimes it can make a grinding noise. The 9mm EP brings areas of the moon a whole lot closer and is even more amazing. Several functions may not work. I paid for the scope and it arrived on my doorstep in three days. However, the Meade Lightbridge continues to perform and show off the wonders of the night sky to me and my family and generally I’m really very happy with its performance. Maybe one day I’ll find them good for something. You can fit all this into just about any car. I live in the UK and my profession has nothing to do with astronomy, or selling optical equipment. The assembly instructions were simple to follow and constructing the rocker box was very similar to constructing a piece of flat packed furniture - only even easier. However, an UHC filter will help you see nebulosity in the Pleiades as well as a little more in the M42 Orion Nebula amongst others. Robust isn’t the word - it’s very tough. Plenty of detail here. The tube will wobble a little when using the focuser in and out, but it quickly stops and you’re free to observe again. Please re-enable javascript to access full functionality. I also enjoy the fact that it’s a Dobsonian mount. I bought this scope after several weeks of research into the many different types of scope and mount and decided that this one was for me. Both the EP and the extension tube will accept a standard thread 2inch filter. With a focal ratio of F/5 you will be looking at EPs at the middle to upper end of the quality market, or you might be disappointed with your purchase.