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Includes: Meade ETX-LS ACF UHTC 6 inch telescope. Meade series 4000 26mm Super Plossi eye piece.Meade 07202LF diagonal prism.LED Red Dot Finder scope.AutoStar III Goto handset.Tripod.Full Set of additional eyepieces – 15mm, 12.4mm, 9.7mm & 6.4mm, Super Plossi Multi coated.2x Barlow LensMeade Eyepiece Aluminium Carry CaseInstruction Manuals In excellent working condition with original box with a full set of eyepieces. Photo’s 10 of Jupiter is using a Philips CCD webcam + Registax with this telescope! Any questions please just ask. Can be collected to save postage and you are more then welcome to come and view the telescope.
Meade ETX LS LightSwitch telescopes use the latest advanced technology such as GPS, LNT and ECLIPS CCD to do what no other consumer telescope has done before: take all the hassle out of using a telescope. Simply flip the switch and the ETX-LS automatically aligns itself. Astronomer Inside then takes you on a guided multimedia tour of the best objects in your sky. The new aluminum mount is lightweight and portable, yet has a rigid structure with precision worm-gear drives for the ultimate in tracking and pointing accuracy. All this combined with Meade’s Advanced Coma-Free optical system provides the stargazer with the most sophisticated, yet easiest to use telescope ever.
THE FEATURES OUTLINED BELOW
Meade ETX LS ACF LightSwitch telescopes use the latest advanced technology such as GPS, LNT and ECLIPS CCD to do what no other consumer telescope has done before: take all the hassle out of using a telescope. Simply flip the switch and the ETX-LS automatically aligns itself. The Astronomer Sustem Inside then takes you on a guided verbal (through the built in loudspeaker) multimedia tour of the best objects in your sky. The new aluminum mount is lightweight and portable, yet has a rigid structure with precision worm-gear drives for the ultimate in tracking and pointing accuracy. All this combined with Meade’s Advanced Coma-Free optical system provides the stargazer with the most sophisticated, yet easiest to use telescope ever. It is fast and easy to perform all start-up functions with just a flip of the switch. The revolutionary LightSwitch technology automatically delivers telescope location, time, date, orientation and alignment with the sky all with a single touch. And thanks to Meades exclusive Advanced Coma-Free optics, you see it all in stunning Ritchey-Chretien-like clarity. Complete package Includes Telescope, tripod, autostar handset, eyepiece, finder, diagonal , software and manual.
With the Astronomer Inside comprehensive multi-media content, you experience the universe in a way you never have before.
Just look at all these radically new, cutting edge features:
Light Switch Technology EASY, Automatic Self Alignment Meades patented automatic self alignment system just one touch and it does all of the work for you. No stars to center. No bearings to take. No time or location to enter. Just flip the switch, and the Integrated Sensor Module in combination with the ECLIPS (Electronically Controlled Locate Identify Position System) CCD imager delivers all the information necessary to automatically align your ETX-LS for fast, accurate, viewing. All at the flip of a switch.
Meades Astronomer insideThis is an audio guide through the built in loudspeaker. Just listen. Take a multi-media guided tour of the universe,or select your favorite object and the ETX-LS Astronomer Inside gives you fun and informative audio descriptions of over 500 objects while you view them in the eyepiece or experience the whole dazzling multi-media presentation on an attached video monitor complete with audio, video, still images and text.
ACF (Advanced Coma Free) Optics – Sharp clear and brilliant Meades proprietary, Advanced Coma Free optics ensure Distortion free clarity. Sharp as a tack resolution. ACF state-of-the-art optics are so good, you will see more objects than youve ever thought possible. Just compare the ACF to Ritchey-Chretien systems selling for far more, and ACF optical quality will absolutely astound you.
Built in imaging The built-in ECLIPS CCD is primarily used to align the LS but also lets you capture wide angle images of your favorite celestial wonders and display them in real-time on the LCD screen accessory (available seperate) or save them to an SD card, with no external computer needed. You can even connect and control another more advanced Meade DSI CCD camera and view images on an external monitor or save the images to the SD card or an external computer. Either way, you can start astro-imaging on your first night out!
AutoStar III Total control The easy-to-use hand-held controller lets you select from a huge object database, with over 100,000 celestial objects. Just select an object and push the GoTo button and the telescope will automatically put your object in the eyepiece. The AutoStar III also gives you complete control of the Astronomer Inside multimedia features only available from Meade.
Specifications: Optical System Optical Design Advanced Coma Free (ACF) Primary Mirror Diameter 6″ (152mm) Primary Mirror Material Pyrex Glass Focal Length, Focal Ratio 1524mm, f/10 Optical Coatings Ultra-High Transmission Coatings (UHTC) Resolving Power (arc seconds) 0.76 Limiting Visual Steller Magnitude 14
Mount Mount Type Aluminum Single-Arm Fork Altazimuth Drives 4.875 inch precision worm-gear Power 8 “C” cell batteries or AC adapter Battery Life 3 to 5 hours Tripod New Adjustable-height Steel Leg Tripod
Electronics Controller Hand Box Autostar III Processor 400 Megahertz Blackfin Memory 256 Megabytes of NAND Flash Storage Micro SD Card (user supplied) Input/Output USB 2.0 Speaker Built in Mount Connections USB, AutoStar Hand Box, 12v Power In, Electric Focuser, Audio Out, Video Out
Multimedia Content Descriptions of the Planets, Moon, Stars, Clusters, Nebulae, Galaxies and More Audio Over 4 Hours Featuring the Voice of Sandy Wood From “Star Date” Video 30 Minutes of Movies and Annimations Plus Hundreds of Still Images
Specifications: Optical Design Advanced Coma-Free Clear Aperture 6″ (152mm) Focal Length, Focal Ratio 1524mm F10 Ultra-High Transmission Coatings (UHTC) Included Optical Tube Dimensions (diameter x length) 7″ x 14.2″ Diagonal 1.25″ Eyepiece 26mm Series 4000 Super Plossl 1.25″ (59x) Viewfinder Red dot Telescope Mounting Aluminum, single arm alt-azimuth GoTo Pointing Precision (approx.) 5-arc mins. Pointing Precision, High Precision Mode 3-arc mins. Slow-Motion Controls Electric, RA and Dec. AutoStar III Toshiba microcontroller; 2 line x 16 display; 20-button keypad, red LED backlit Batteries (user-supplied) 8 x C-cells Battery Life (approx.) 3 to 5 hours Onboard Celestial Object Database over 100,000 objects Slew Speeds RA and Dec: 1x, 2x, 8x, 16x, 64x, 128x sidereal and 1.5/sec., 3/sec., 6.5/sec. Tracking Rates Sidereal, lunar, or custom-selected Tube Body Aluminum Mount Castings Aluminum Primary, Secondary Mirrors Pyrex glass Correcting Plate/Lens Clear water white glass Telescope Weight 28 lbs. Tripod Weight 9 lbs. Field Tripod Height all models 25.5″ to 43.5″ variable OTA Master Carton (Size / Weight) 30″ x 21″ x 14.5″ / 43 lbs.
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