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Jul 12, 2012 hi i am new to the board, i posted this in the new section and was told that maybe i could get some other advise on this forum. Need help with a meade autostar telescope drive issue please self. Meade 2120 10inch sct instruction manual for meade 2120 10inch sct. Meade basic 2080 8 and 2120 10 optical tube basic, lx2, lx3, lx5, lx6, lx10, mts, premier no hand unit is provided. Meade 2080, 2120, lx6 fork schmidtcassegrain fork fork mount lx meade ds10 newtonian german eq.
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