this is subjective – but – Celestron has been having financial troubles, and was bought by another Far east company, whereas Meade seems to be doing pretty well, and has invested quite a bit in new automated manufactuting in Calif. So if you are talking about their SCT scopes, I think current Meades are likely better than current Celestrons, but the scopes are not all "exactly" the same, and you might find an example of a new celestron that does have better optics. There smaller non-sct scopes are in general, made in the far east and are likely pretty much the same quality. Again, this is highly subjective, and 10 people will give you 11 opinons. Meade has just introduced there new RC line, which the current issue of Sky and Telescope raves about as really superior to the SCTs.
January 13th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
this is subjective – but – Celestron has been having financial troubles, and was bought by another Far east company, whereas Meade seems to be doing pretty well, and has invested quite a bit in new automated manufactuting in Calif. So if you are talking about their SCT scopes, I think current Meades are likely better than current Celestrons, but the scopes are not all "exactly" the same, and you might find an example of a new celestron that does have better optics. There smaller non-sct scopes are in general, made in the far east and are likely pretty much the same quality. Again, this is highly subjective, and 10 people will give you 11 opinons. Meade has just introduced there new RC line, which the current issue of Sky and Telescope raves about as really superior to the SCTs.
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January 13th, 2010 at 7:35 pm
both are good
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January 13th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
both
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