The Meade LXD75 is in a class of mount known around the various astronomy circles as a Vixen GP clone mount. With that said, to get the most out of any one of the various manufactures Economy Class GEMs it takes some user input such as tuning up the mount and performing good regular maintenance on them to get consistent performance. In my book all of these mounts are what I would call an "economy class" of German Equatorial Mounts that come right out of the box ready to be set up as a modest astro-imaging mount with auto guide capability for long exposure photography. There are several other contenders within the same price and load capacity class as the Meade LXD75, as well as it's predecessor the Meade LXD55. The Meade LXD75 comes complete with a decent tripod and the Autostar GoTo system at an average retail of about $650.00. The following write up is my summary and review of the mount from my time using, and maintaining it as my primary mount. The Meade LXD75 will be retained as of this writing as my travel mount for primarily observations and wide field SLR Astrophotography. As of SeptemI have officially replaced the Meade Autostar LXD75 German Equatorial Mount as my primary observatory mount with a Vixen GPD2 German Equatorial Mount (GEM).
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