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Meade LX90 10" ACF without tripod Advanced Coma-Free Optics - UHTC Coatings - Fully Computerised To order this item outside mainland Britain or Highlands please contact us. Optical Design: Advanced Coma-Free (ACF) Ultra High Transmission Coatings (UHTC) Pyrex Primary Mirror Aperture: 254mm (10") Focal Length 2540mm (f/10) Meade AudioStar hand controller Meade AutoStar Suite Software Motorized Fork mount and Field Tripod Sony GPS Meade product code: 1010-90-03N 1 year UK warranty Meade Telescopes Meade Telescope Accessories Ascension Telescopes Telescopes Opticstar CCD Cameras Meade LX90 10" ACF without tripod Package includes: Meade LX90 ACF 10" f/10 Optical Tube with UHTC coatings. Meade Fork Mount. Meade AudioStar Hand Controller (GoTo). Sony GPS. Meade Series 4000 Plossl 26mm Eyepiece (1.25"). Meade Series 4000 Star Diagonal (1.25"). Viewfinder 8x50mm. Instruction Manual. One Year Manufacturer's Warranty. OFFER: Please refer to the right hand column on this page. Accessories 12V DC 6A Regulated Mains Power Supply Unit to power telescope. + £29.95 Order No. Price (inc_VAT) Shipping Delivery click button to purchase MED10109003N £ --- £ 30.00 Meade LX90 User Manual (PDF) Meade LX90 Troubleshooting (PDF) Meade & Coronado catalogue (PDF) Outline For the truly discerning astronomer who will not tolerate anything but the very best, there is Meade's Advanced Coma-Free (ACF) optical system. ACF takes all of the features of the SC models and then ups the ante. With it's technologically superior optical design, ACF gives a flatter, coma-free field of view with pinpoint images all the way to the edge of the field, rivaling Ritchey-Crétien performance at a fraction of the cost. ACF is the perfect solution for the serious astroimager or visual astronomer looking for observatory-class optics. Meade’s (Advanced Coma-Free™) optics deliver stunning Ritchey-Chretien performance at a Schmidt Cassegrain price. GPS LX90 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. Easy Align™ LX90s are smart scopes that know the night sky right out of the box. Easy Align picks two alignment stars for you and places them right in your viewfinder. Just center them to fine tune your alignment and the wonders of the universe are at your fingertips. 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. 8 X 50 Viewfinder Quickly and easily locate and center deep sky objects. Slew Speed The LX90 slews (moves) from star to star at 7 degrees per second. That is more than twice as fast as the competition. This means that over the course of an evening, a Meade LX90 will show you two to three times more objects. Rigid Cast Aluminium Fork Mount The Meade LX90's Optical Tube Assembly is mounted on two sturdy fork arms giving you a rock solid platform for astrophotography. Tripod This LX90 does not include a tripod. It can be installed on a pier. Smart Drive™ Meade’s AutoStar® provides Periodic Error Correction (in polar mode). Over the course of one or more training periods your LX90 will minimize guiding corrections during long exposure astrophotography. AudioStar Handbox The AudioStar controller provides all of the telescope control functions of the previous AutoStar handboxes but adds unique Astronomer Inside digital audio software and a speaker built into the AudioStar body that can provide you with more than four hours of fascinating and professionally-recorded audio descriptions of the objects you are observing. With Astronomer Inside technology, everyone around your telescope can listen and learn about more than 500 of the celestial objects contained in the AudioStar database, including planets, nebulas, star clusters, the Moon, and much more. Astronomer Inside puts the experience and astronomical knowledge of a professional astronomer in the palm of your hand. Included in the AudioStar’s database are all of the following 30,000+ astronomical objects and stars – a range of objects certain to keep even the most active amateur astronomer growing in his or her studies of the skies for years: the complete Index Catalog (IC), containing 5,386 galaxies, nebulas, and star clusters of all types; the complete New General Catalog (NGC), containing 7,840 galaxies, nebulas, and star clusters of all types; the complete Messier catalog of 110 Messier (M) objects, the best-known catalog of heavenly showpieces for the amateur astronomer; the 109 objects of the Caldwell Catalog, a new listing of the best objects for small telescopes that expands the Messier catalog; 16,800 stars from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) catalog, including double stars, variable stars, and other stars of special note; 50 Earth-orbiting satellites, 26 asteroids (including all of the brightest asteroids), 15 periodic comets, and the 8 major planets from Mercury to Pluto. With a talking AudioStar plugged into your Meade scope, the astronomical universe is in the palm of your hand. Never before has such powerful telescope technology been so informative and easy to operate, even by the most casual observer. Specifications LX90 8" ACF without tripod LX90 10" ACF without tripod LX90 12" ACF without tripod Optical Design Advanced Coma-Free Advanced Coma-Free Advanced Coma-Free Clear Aperture 203mm (8") 254mm (10") 305mm (12") Focal Length Focal Ratio 2034mm f/10(8") 2540mm f/10 (10") 3048mm f/10 (12") Ultra-High Transmission Coatings (UHTC™) Included Included Included Optical Tube Dimensions (dia. x length) 9.1" x 16.75" 11.75" x 22" 13.6" x 25" GPS Sony®GPS Sony®GPS Sony®GPS Viewfinder 8 x 50mm 8 x 50mm 8 x 50mm Telescope Mounting fork-type; double tine fork-type; double tine fork-type; double tine Setting Circle Diameters, RA and Dec. RA: 8"; Dec: 5" RA: 8"; Dec: 5" RA: 8"; Dec: 5" GO TO Pointing Precision (approx.) 5-arc mins. 5-arc mins. 5-arc mins. Pointing Precision, High Precision Mode 3-arc mins. 3-arc mins. 3-arc mins. Slow-Motion Controls electric, RA and Dec electric, RA and Dec electric, RA and Dec Handbox Controller AudioStar AudioStar AudioStar Batteries (user-supplied) 8 x C-cells 8 x C-cells 8 x C-cells Battery Life (approx.) 60 hrs. 60 hrs. 60 hrs. Onboard Celestial Object Database 30,223 objects 30,223 objects 30,223 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 from 2000 incremental rates Tube Body aluminium aluminium aluminium Mount Castings aluminium aluminium aluminium Primary, Secondary Mirrors Pyrex® glass Pyrex® glass Pyrex® glass Correcting Plate/Lens clear water white glass clear water white glass clear water white glass Telescope Weight 12.7 kg 22 kg 26 kg Tripod Weight not applicable not applicable not applicable Notice We are constantly checking the accuracy of the technical data. We are prepared to provide more detailed information on request. Technical data is subject to change without notice. How To Order Terms & Conditions Email Us

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