EYEPIECES, BARLOWS, FILTERS

 

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Meade Series 4000 Eyepieces
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These 6-element eyepieces, with their 67° fields, offer exquisite wide-angle images at low-to-medium powers, ideal for star fields, galaxies, and other deep space observing. All Series 4000 eyepieces include a soft rubber eye guard, that folds down for spectacle wearers.   

Rubber grips are provided on all but the three shortest focal length Super Plössl eyepieces

6.4mm 1.25" Series 4000 Super Plossl
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9.7mm 1.25" Series 4000 Super Plossl
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12.4mm 1.25" Series 4000 Super Plossl
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15mm 1.25" Series 4000 Super Plossl
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20mm 1.25" Series 4000 Super Plossl
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26mm 1.25" Series 4000 Super Plossl
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32mm 1.25" Series 4000 Super Plossl
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40mm 1.25" Series 4000 Super Plossl
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56mm 2" Series 4000 Super Plossl
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Meade Series 5000 Super Plossl

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The Series 5000 Plössl eyepieces represent a milestone in design and engineering. The five and six element designs feature tack sharp optical performance which delivers a 40% improvement in corrections for chromatic aberration and edge-distortions over traditional plössl. They yield the widest possible fields-of-view, consistent with pinpoint edge-of-field sharpness and contrast. Compare their unparalleled 60° apparent field-of-view to any Plössl on the market today. Take a look through the new Meade Series 5000 Plössls and rediscover your favorite celestial objects.

 

Wide 60° apparent field-of-view • Premium grade optical glass • Individually tuned, multi-layered coatings for maximum light transmission • Lens edges and all internal metal surfaces are blackened to maximize image contrast • Parfocal - little or no refocusing required when switching eyepieces • Long eye relief • Adjustable twist-up rubber eyeguards.

5.5mm 1.25" Series 5000 Super Plossl
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9mm 1.25" Series 5000 Super Plossl
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14mm 1.25" Series 5000 Super Plossl
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20mm 1.25" Series 5000 Super Plossl
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26mm 1.25" Series 5000 Super Plossl
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32mm 2" Series 5000 Super Plossl
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40mm 2" Series 5000 Super Plossl
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Meade Series 5000 Super Wide Eyepieces
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The Series 5000 Super Wide Angle eyepieces boast a 68° apparent field-of-view and image resolution that is razor sharp from edge-to-edge. Because of its innovative six and seven element design the objects you observe will be rich in detail and contrast with virtually no chromatic aberration. These eyepieces are made of the finest materials available, and are a perfect optical match for Schmidt-Cassegrains, fast Newtonians and Schmidt-Newtonians. First light with the new Series 5000 Super Wide Angle eyepieces will be an event you always remember.

SPECIFICATIONS:
Super Wide 68° apparent field-of-view Premium grade optical glass Individually tuned, multi-layered coatings for maximum light transmission Lens edges and all internal metal surfaces are blackened to maximize image contrast Parfocal - little or no refocusing required when switching eyepieces Long eye relief Adjustable twist-up rubber eyeguards

16mm 1.25" Series 5000 Super Wide Angle Eyepiece
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20mm 1.25 Series 5000 Super Wide Angle Eyepiece
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24mm 1.25" Series 5000 Super Wide Angle Eyepiece
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28mm 2" Series 5000 Super Wide Angle Eyepiece
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34mm 2" Series 5000 Super Wide Angle Eyepiece
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40mm 2" Series 5000 Super Wide Angle Eyepiece
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Meade Series 5000 Ultra Wide Eyepieces

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Representing the ultimate in eyepiece design and technology, the new six and seven element Series 5000 Ultra Wide Angle eyepieces deliver extremely high resolution, contrast and full-field sharpness over an astounding 82° apparent field-of-view. Only the highest quality materials were selected to create these extraordinary eyepieces. The designs required several different types of exotic glass in order to achieve the highest level of optical performance. Looking through a Series 5000 Ultra Wide Angle eyepiece is the next best thing to actually being there.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Ultra Wide 82° apparent field-of-view

Premium grade optical glass

Individually tuned, multi-layered coatings for maximum light transmission

Lens edges and all internal metal surfaces are blackened to maximize image contrast

Parfocal - little or no refocusing required when switching eyepieces

Long eye relief

Adjustable twist-up rubber eyeguards

4.7mm 1.25" Series 5000 Ultra Wide Angle Eyepiece
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6.7mm 1.25" Series 5000 Ultra Wide Angle Eyepiece
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8.8mm 1.25" Seies 5000 Ultra Wide Angle Eyepiece
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14mm 1.25" Series 5000 Ultra Wide Angle Eyepiece
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18mm 1.25" Series 5000 Ultra Wide Angle Eyepiece
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24mm 2" Series 5000 Ultra Wide Angle Eyepiece
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30mm 2" Series 5000 Ultra Wide Angle Eyepiece
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BARLOW LENSES

Meade #126 x2 Barlow Lens
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Only 2.5inches (63mm) long, it works well with any telescope accepting 1.25inch eyepieces, even those with limited focus range, and maintains the high image quality of the Telenegative. Insert the short focus Barlow into a star diagonal for 2x or insert the diagonal into the Barlow for 3x. 27mm diameter (26mm clear aperture).

Meade Series 5000 2x Telextender (1.25")
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Meade Series 5000 3x Telextender (1.25")
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Meade Series 5000 5x Telextender (1.25")
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Meade Series 5000 2x Telextender (2")
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FILTERS

Meade Lunar Planetary Filters

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Moon Filter, Orange, Blue, Yellow

4000 Series Photo-Visual Color Filters (1.25")

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Moon Filter: ND96

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(0.9 density; 13% transmission): The neutral density filter transmits light uniformly across the entire visual spectrum. It serves as an excellent filter to reduce glare and irradiation when observing the Moon with any telescope 4" and larger. The ND96 filter may also be employed in the splitting of close double stars where one of the binary pair significantly exceeds the other in brightness. Double thread.

Set #1 (#12, #23A, #58, #80A)

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Set #2 (#11, #25A, #47, #82A)

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Set #3 (#8, #21, #38A, #56)

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#905 Variable Polarizing Filter (1.25")

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For glare-reduction in observing the Moon the #905 Variable Polarizer includes two Polarizer filters mounted in a specially-machined cell. The #905 permits variable settings of the light transmission between 5% and 25%, to account for varying lunar surface brightness according to the phase of the Moon and the magnification and aperture of the telescope. Accepts 1.25" eyepieces.

#908B Broadband Nebular Filter (1.25")

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For dramatic increase in visual and photographic detail in deep-space emission and reflection nebulae.


Meade Series 4000 Nebular Filters incorporate the very latest in interference coatings technology. Each filter includes more than 40 coating layers to reject, with precision, unwanted light from urban light pollution while passing critical nebular emissions with minimal reduction.

Technical Basis of the Meade Broadband Nebular Filter: As shown in the transmission graph below, the Meade Broadband Nebular Filter strongly rejects the light of sodium- and mercury-vapor lights as well as natural airglow and auroral emissions. Conversely, the strong nebular emission spectral lines, transmitting in the visually sensitive regions primarily at 486nm (Hydrogen Beta, or Hß) and 496 to 501nm (Oxygen-III, or OIII), are passed through the filter with high transmission percentages. The effect of the filter is that nebular light reaching the eye is observed visually in dramatically increased detail, while the effects of unwanted city lights are greatly reduced. The Meade Broadband Filter also passes photographically-important Hydrogen Alpha nebular light at 656nm largely unattenuated, making the filter a valuable aid in the photography of deep-space emission nebulae as well. The contrast between galaxies and the night-sky backdrop is also typically enhanced by the filter, but because galaxies emit light in a much broader range of wavelengths than nebulae, the effect is generally not as dramatic in these cases.

brands as well. Clear aperture is 26mm.

#910B: Threads into the barrels of all Meade 2" eyepieces, as well as most other 2" eyepiece brands. Clear aperture is 44mm.

#911B: Threads onto the rear cells of Meade LX-series mirror-lens telescopes and onto Meade ED Apochromatic Refractors (using the Universal Thread Adapter), as well as to the rear cells of other Schmidt-Cassegrain brands. In this way the telescopes are converted into a basic "nebular mode," for visual observing or for photography with the T-Adapter or Off-Axis Guider. Clear aperture is 36mm.

#908N Narrowband Nebula Filter (1.25")

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Unlike the wide transmission band characteristics of the Broadband Nebular Filters, Meade Narrowband Filters zero in on the three most important visible wavelengths emitted by deep-space emission nebulae: the two spectral lines of Oxygen III at 496 and 501nm and the Hydrogen Beta line at 486nm. Virtually all unwanted city light emissions are rejected by factors of 99.9+%. 

Because of its narrow bandpass characteristics, the Narrowband Nebular Filter achieves striking levels of contrast between the nebula itself and the surrounding dark-sky environment: objects such as the Orion Nebula (M42), the Lagoon Nebula (M8), and the Omega Nebula (M17) are observed as they would normally appear through telescopes of several inches larger aperture. Tenuous, faint outer extensions of these objects now become readily observable—often to the point where the visible mass of the nebula is more than doubled in diameter. Planetary nebulae such as the Ring Nebula (M57), the Dumbbell Nebula (M27), and the Saturn Nebula (NGC7009) similarly display dramatically-heightened levels of contrast and observable detail. Faint, insignificant patches of nebulosity that heretofore were near the limit of observability are now viewed with ease.

The Meade Narrowband Nebular Filter should be viewed as a complement to, not as a substitute for, the Broadband Filter on the opposite page. The Broadband Filter enhances the performance of a much wider range of nebular objects; the Narrowband Filter improves contrast and visible detail on fewer objects, but in these more limited cases it does so to a most dramatic level. Because of the very narrow range of total light energy transmitted, the Narrowband Filter is not intended as a photographic filter. Visual effects of the Narrowband Filter are most pronounced when the filter is used with eyepieces of 25mm focal length and longer.

#908N: Threads into the barrels of all Meade 1.25" eyepieces and most other 1.25" brands. Clear aperture: 26mm.

#910N: Threads into the barrels of all Meade 2" eyepieces and most other 2" brands. Clear aperture: 44mm.

#911N: Threads onto the rear cells of Meade LX-series mirror-lens telescopes and onto Meade ED Apochromatic Refractors, using the Universal Thread Adapter. Also threads to other brands of SCT's as well. Clear aperture: 36mm.


#908X O-III Nebular Filter (1.25")

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For the observation of diffuse emission and planetary nebulae.
Meade Oxygen-III (O-III) nebular filters provide an extraordinary level of nebular filtration on diffuse and planetary nebulae. Observations of these nebulae in a city environment with the O-III filter often yield more image contrast than observations of the same objects in a dark-sky setting without the filter.

The O-III filter extracts more than 80% of the light emanating from the two oxygen-III spectral lines at 496 and 501nm. Objects such as the Omega (Swan) Nebula (M17) in Sagittarius, the Orion Nebula (M42) in Orion, the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) in Aquarius, and the Eagle Nebula (M16) in Serpens are revealed in dramatically increased detail. Meade 60-layer interference coating technology isolates the desirable O-III lines, while attenuating other spectral lines virtually to zero. As with Meade Narrowband Filters, the O-III Filters are complements to other Meade nebular filters; the effectiveness of each filter type is highly dependent on the physical characteristics of the particular nebula being observed. 

#908X: Threads into the barrels of all Meade 1.25" eyepieces and most other 1.25" brands. Clear aperture: 26mm.

#910X: Threads into the barrels of all Meade 2" eyepieces and most other 2" brands. Clear aperture: 44mm.

#911X: Threads onto the rear cells of Meade LX-series mirror-lens telescopes and onto Meade ED Apochromatic Refractors, using the Universal Thread Adapter. Also threads to other brands of SCT's as well. Clear aperture: 36mm.