Overall Rating: 7 Optics:8 Mount:7 Ease of Use:5 Value:10 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 04/20/2003 06:34:55 am PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.128.105) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=223624
Overall Rating: 3 Optics:5 Mount:4 Ease of Use:5 Value:3 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 09/06/2003 09:06:42 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.99.39) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=297154
>Purchased NG-60 as a novice, based on Meade's reputation, for about $75. I'd say it was about what you'd expect in this price range, but overall a big disappointment. First, the Finderscope was impossible to keep aligned properly, and the Barlow was useless w/ all 3 eyepieces. The 4 mm eyepiece (175X) was obviously extremely poor quality and is a total mismatch. At 175x objects are very difficult to acquire and impossible to track- the view vibrates for a few seconds and objects are only in view for about 10 fuzzy seconds. Viewing at 78x was pretty good. Changing eyepieces was annoying because the scope would often fall due to the imbalance. Not impressed at all with the mount. I returned it for a refund! I agree. I got this telescope as a gift. I didn't get the 4mm eyepiece but I got the Barlow and using this telescope at 156x is useless. And my tripod has broken in 2 places due to cheap aluminum & plastic. But I like the 25mm and 9mm eyepieces and the telescope itself and besides I got it free.
Overall Rating: 8 Optics:8 Mount:6 Ease of Use:9 Value:8 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 12/13/2005 08:48:08 am PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.4.123) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=477911
Oh! I rescore the tripod up from a 6 to a 7. Sorry.
>The Meade NGC-60 is a solid telescope with a few problems. > >#1-The Mount is EASY to break,but stable under 100x. >#2-The Finderscope is CHEAP Plastic. >#3-The GOTO is nowhere near as good as the ETX or LX GOTOs are. > >Still,the NGC-60 is a fine telescope.With mine,I can see many objects.Saturn's rings are stunning at 78x,Jupiter shows 2 cloud belts,the great red spot(sometimes,difficult),and 4 moons,Venus goes through phases,when Mars is near the ice caps and dark regions are visible,and even greenish color on Uranus is noticable.For deep-sky objects,this telescope does fine despite the light pollution in my backyard(my LM is 3.5)as I can see The Pleadies,Double Cluster,Alberio,Sirius,Orion Nebula,Andromeda Galaxy,M15,and much much more fairly easily now that I'm used to it(note:some objects are super-easy).It came with 2 of Meade's MA eyepieces(they good!)and a 2x Barlow(it bad).A very solid buy. Update: I recentley noticed a "star-test" web site and realized that at 80x in my telescope, the stars look a wee bit fuzzy, and at 156x they are blobs. So the optics are not as good as I originally thought, but they still get the job done(I can split several double stars cleanly and see detail on the planets).Or is it the 9mm eyepiece and Barlow I'm using? PS:I am still happy with my telescope.
Overall Rating: 3 Optics:8 Mount:1 Ease of Use:7 Value:2 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 01/30/2013 05:05:32 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.72.53) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=602285
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