Meade

LX90 Series

The LX90ACF offers large aperture portability and performance with significantly lower weights than the LX200ACF meaning one person can setup the telescope for field operation. Includes two year official UK warranty through us directly for peace of mind. The NEW LX90ACF™ can do more than track satellites. It talks to them as well. Turn it on and the built-in Sony® GPS sensor immediately determines your precise date, time and location. AutoAlign™ then uses this info to align your scope for a tour of the most spectacular sights in the universe. With all the features of the legendary LX90 Schmidt-Cassegrain plus the ability to communicate to satellites, the new LX90ACF now has it all. When it comes to industry-leading American-made optics, depth of features, and value for your money, the LX90ACF is the best Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope you can find that can find itself.

• Features:

• Autoalign
• Diffraction limited SCT optics
• Oversized primary mirror
• Rigid cast aluminum fork mount
• LX200™ - series steel tripod
• Smart drive
• Autostar controller 30,000 objects
• Smartfinder red dot & 8 X 50 optical finder
• Sony GPS sensor
• Includes 26mm super plossl & 1.25" diagonal
• Made in the USA

Technical specifications

LX200R Series

MEADE LX200ACF - THE COMA KILLER!

WHAT IS COMA? It's not some sort of astronomical state of unconsciousness. It's an optical aberration. Precisely defined, coma is a distortion in which the image of a star cannot be focused to a point, but takes on the shape of a comet. Worst yet, the majority of telescope optical systems, including the popular Schmidt-Cassegrain, have it to one degree or another.

Just look at the magnified view from any Schmidt-Cassegrain. You will notice the crescent-shaped distortion of the star images caused by coma. The n look at an image of the same stars from the LX200ACF Advanced Ritchey-Chrétien system and you will immediately see advantages of the ARC optical system. Sharp, round stars without coma. Sharp from the center all the way to the edge of this wide field.

Once, you would have had to spend tens of thousands of dollars for an aplanatic optical system (a fancy term for coma-free). Now that Meade has made the coma-free Advanced Richey-Chrétien optical system, this level of performance is affordable to the amateur.

Available in a portable 8" version the 10" LX200ACF and above are recommended as observatory class instruments or for two person operation. If your requirements are for a large aperture portable goto instrument please see the superb Meade LX90GPS range. Includes two year official UK warranty through us directly for peace of mind.

The most widely used research telescope on earth now comes with the most advanced optical system in space. Meade’s all new LX200ACF brings Advanced Ritchey-Chrétien optics within reach of aspiring astronomers everywhere. Nearly every observatory reflector in the world is a Ritchey-Chrétien, including NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Now you can own what the professionals own. The LX200ACF includes all the field-proven features of the LX200 including GPS, Primary Mirror Lock, Zero Image-Shift Microfocuser, Oversized Primary Mirror, SmartDrive™, Smart Mount™, AutoStar® II and more. Plus, the LX200ACF comes with observatory-class optics crafted in Irvine, California, and a Series 5000 26mm 5-Element Plössl eyepiece. The new LX200ACF. It’s the biggest news in astronomy since, well, the LX200.

Reviewed recently in Astronomy Now Magazine concluding that "the optics are superior to traditional Schmidt Cassegrains and the new instrument excels and is a clear winner"

• Features

• Advanced f/10 Ritchey-Chrétien Optics
• Meade Ultra-High Transmission Coatings (UHTC™)
• Zero Image-Shift Electric Microfocuser
• Primary Mirror Lock
• Oversize Primary Mirror
• Smart Mount™
• Smart Drive™
• Sony®GPS Receiver Sensor
• AutoAlign™
• AutoStar® II 150,000 objects
• Includes 26mm series 5000 super plossl
• Diagonal 1.25" (8"&10")
• Diagonal 2"(12"-14"-16")

Technical specifications

LX200ACF OTA

Meade LX200ACF Advanced Ritchey Chretien Optical Tubes offer superb optics in a portable package and are available to attach to your choice of mounting.

Meade’s all new LX200ACF brings Advanced Ritchey-Chrétien optics within reach of aspiring astronomers everywhere. Nearly every observatory reflector in the world is a Ritchey-Chrétien, including NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Now you can own what the professionals own. The LX200ACF includes all the field-proven features of the LX200 including Primary Mirror Lock, Oversized primary mirror, Plus the LX200ACF comes with observatory-class optics crafted in Irvine California.

Tubes are supplied without accessories but the 8" and 10" versions do have a universal flat mounting bar running along the base of the tube as standard. We can supply mounting hardware for the 12" and 14" models to suit most equatorial mounts including Losmandy.

Reviewed recently in Astronomy Now Magazine concluding that "the optics are superior to traditional Schmidt Cassegrains and the new instrument excels and is a clear winner"

• SPECIFICATIONS

• Meade ritchey chretien optical tubes are F10 and available in 8-10-12-14-16" apertures.
  All models are UHTC coated.
  Approx Weights:
• 8" 11kg
• 10" 16kg
• 12" 22kg
• 14" 30kg
• 16" 46kg

Meade RCX400 Max Equatorial

The last mount you'll ever need. And the first fully integrated system of its kind. The Max robotic mount is the largest, most capable commercial German Equatorial Mount on Earth.

The new RCX400 on the MAX Robotic German Equatorial Mount is the world’s first fully integrated telescope system (telescope/mount/software)! MAX is larger than Goliath and has a total payload capacity of over 400 lbs! (including counter weights). A beta tester commented on his experience with the MAX MOUNT by saying, "it’s built like a tank made by Swiss watchmakers." A few of its features include: 650 gear teeth on the RA and Dec drive (the gears are the same size on the RA and Dec. axes. The worm is 1.1667" in diameter and the worm gear is a massive 13.8" in diameter), 0-90 degree latitude, internal cabling, interchangeable quick-release dovetail plates, local/network control, remote/web control, 3 USB2 ports and a clutchless, fully-enveloped, hard-loaded worm drive. The MAX MOUNT and ALL RCX400 telescopes will be manufactured at Meade’s state-of-the art design and manufacturing facility in Irvine, California.

• SPECIFICATIONS

• Ultra High Transmission Coatings
• Laser-Aligned
• Multi-port control panels
• Carbon Fiber/Kevlar Optical Tube
• Built-In Anti-Dew Heater
• Level North Alignment Technology
• Electronic Front Focusing System
• Fixed Oversized Primary Mirror
• Electronic Collimation, Computer- Optimized Baffling
• Cooling Fan
• Sony GPS Receiver
• Smart Mount
• Smart Drive with PPEC (Permanent Periodic Error Correction)
• Autostar II handbox with145,000 object library, AutoAlign
• 24mm Series 5000 UWA Eyepiece
• Includes USB Cable and Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition Software
• 2" Diagonal Mirror w/UHTC

Meade Lightbridge Dobsonian

It's not just a big telescope. It's a big telescope that goes anywhere. New LightBridge truss-dobs from Meade take down and set up quickly. So you can take one of these massive windows on the universe out to your favorite dark sky locations with ease. LightBridge dobs give you high quality Meade optics, premium components, and ultra portability - all for about the same price as an ordinary tube dob. So get a LightBridge truss-dob. And prepare to cross the universe.

Diffraction Limited Optics Meade optics consistently outperform telescopes of similar and larger aperture. Consumers know that “Meade Optics Inside” means that what they see through our telescopes will be views that are detailed, crisp and full of contrast.

Meade Optical Coatings Aluminum Coatings with magnesium fluoride over coat provides bright images full of detail.

2" Crayford-Dual Speed Machined Aluminum Focuser With 1.25" Adapter Smooth precise focusing is achieved with this classic design. A unique focus tension knob and focus lock design gives complete control over focus.

Built-In Primary Mirror Cooling Fan Bring the telescope into thermal equilibrium quickly and efficiently with the battery powered cooling fan. The fan is mounted to the rear of the “vented” primary mirror cell for fast cool down.

Steel RA Roller Bearings, Roller bearings make movements smooth and effortless. Advanced Four-Reticle Red Dot Viewfinder Four reticles and varying brightness controls allow this deluxe finder to adjust to your observing needs.

26mm QX™ Wide Angle 2" Eyepiece has a 2" barrel, and boasts a whopping 70° Apparent Field of View.

SPECIFICATIONS

Newtonian design optics, Primary, Secondary BK7 mirrors coated with magnesium fluoride over coat. Mounted in a fully adjustable mirror cell. Meade 26mm QX Wide Angle Eyepiece. Metal open Truss Design, Teflon bearings for both altitude and azimuth. Steel roller bearings for azimuth, Altitude bearing brake, Focuser 2" Crayford dual speed focuser with 1.25" adapter, Battery Powered Fan, 4-reticle Red Dot ViewFinder AutoStar Suite™ Astronomical Software Included with the telescope.

Meade 5000 Series ED Apochromat Refractors

For crisp wide field observing and imaging, nothing can beat a true triple-element apochromatic refractor (APO). This is especially true in astro imaging, where APO's have produced some of the most beautiful images of the heavens ever taken from earth. But not all APOs are created equal. Today's market is filled with semi-APOs that don't bring all the colors to focus in the refractor. Thanks to a two-year design process and a triple objective lens made from the highest quality ED glass, Meade Series 5000 ED APO Triplets are virtually free of chromatic aberration (color fringing). This means they outperform the most expensive semi-APOs at a fraction of the cost. Expert observers will be delighted by the total absence of color fringing and the scope's textbook-perfect pinpoint star images. Even beginners will notice the breathtaking high contrast and resolution of a Series 5000 APO.

Specifications

All Meade 5000 series APO's have...

• Premium ED Glass
• ED Apochromatic Triplet Optical Design
• Air-spaced Objective Lens
• Adjustable Lens Cell
• Fully Extendable Dew Shield / Sun Shade