Meade ETX-LS Telescope
Meade ETX-LS Details
The Meade ETX-LS is a two model range of telescopes featuring Meade's Lightswitch Technology which aligns the telescope at the simple flick of a switch. The Astronomer Inside feature can then take the observer on a multi-media tour of the night sky.
The two models have differing optical design, the cheaper model ($1299) sports a Schmidt-Cassegrain design whilst it's more expensive brother ($1499) shows off Meade's Advanced Coma-Free optics. ACF provides distortion free images for the observer.
Both models also have Autostar III a hand-held controller for the telescope which has a database of over 100,000 celestial objects to choose from. Simply select one of these objects and press the 'GoTo' button and the Autostar controller will align the telescope to the object.
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- Lightswitch Technology for easy, automatic self-alignment
- Meade's Astronomer Inside
- Advanced Coma-Free Optics
- AutoStar III
| OPTICAL SYSTEM | |
| Optical Design | Advanced Coma-Free (ACF) or Schmidt-Cassegrain (SC) |
| 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 Stellar Magnitude | 14 |
| MOUNT | |
| Mount Type | Aluminum Single-Arm Fork Altazimuth |
| Drives | 4.875 inche 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 |