ETXLS

Meade ETXLS Fully Automated Telescope Systems

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ETX-LS 6" ACF Telescope with LightSwitch

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Light Switch Technology
EASY, Automatic Self -Alignment
Meade’s 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 LS for fast, accurate, hassle-free viewing. All at the flip of a switch.

MEADE’S ASTRONOMER INSIDE
Take a multi-media guided tour of the universe,
or select your favorite object and the 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, BRLLIANT
Meade’s proprietary, Advanced Coma-Free optics will
wow you at first sight. Distortion-free clarity. Sharpas-
a-tack resolution. ACF’s state-of-the-art optics are so good, you’ll see more objects than you’ve ever thought possible. Just compare ACF to Ritchey-Chrétien systems selling for $10,000 or more, and ACF’s quality will absolutely astound you.

BUILT-IN IMAGING Excitement
The built-in ECLIPS CCD lets you capture widefield images
of your favorite celestial wonders and display them
in real-time* or save them to an SD card, with no
external computer needed. You can even connect and control another advanced 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 (mains / power station recommended)
Tripod New Adjustable-height Steel Leg Tripod
26mm 4000 Super Plossl
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

Meade LS 8" ACF Telescope with LightSwitch

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78% more light grasp than a 6" telescope yet still compact and portable this groundbreaking instrument allows astronomers at all levels to enjoy the latest optical and electronic technology surpassing that of any competing 8" telescope.

Light Switch Technology
EASY, Automatic Self -Alignment
Meade’s 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, hassle-free viewing. All at the flip of a switch.

MEADE’S ASTRONOMER INSIDE
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, BRLLIANT
Meade’s proprietary, Advanced Coma-Free optics will
wow you at first sight. Distortion-free clarity. Sharpas-
a-tack resolution. ACF’s state-of-the-art optics are so good, you’ll see more objects than you’ve ever thought possible. Just compare ACF to Ritchey-Chrétien systems selling for $10,000 or more, and ACF’s quality will absolutely astound you.

BUILT-IN IMAGING Excitement
The built-in ECLIPS CCD lets you capture widefield images of your favorite celestial wonders and display them in real-time* or save them to an SD card, with no
external computer needed. You can even connect and control another advanced 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.

OVERSIZED PRIMARY MIRROR
Only Meade manufactures their primary mirrors in diameters larger than their listed aperture (e.g. the diameter of the 8" LX90’s primary mirror is actually 8.25").This additional 1/4" yields a wider, fully illuminated field-of-view, and allows you to see the light other telescopes leave behind.