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Meade ETX LS 6" ACF Telescope
Meade’s revolutionary ETX-LS™ LightSwitch™
telescope uses advanced technologies like GPS, LNT™ and ECLIPS™ CCD imaging
to do what no other consumer telescope has done before: take all the hassle
out of using a telescope. Simply flip the switch and the ETX-LS
automatically aligns itself. Astronomer Inside™ then takes you on a guided
multimedia tour of the best objects in your sky. The new aluminum mount is
lightweight and portable, yet has a rigid structure with precision worm-gear
drives for the ultimate in tracking and pointing accuracy. All this combined
with Meade’s Advanced Coma-Free optical system provides the stargazer with
the most sophisticated, yet easiest to use telescope ever.
Meade takes out all the hassles and puts in all the fun with the all-new ETX–LS
featuring LightSwitch technology. Now it’s fast and easy to perform all
start-up functions with just a flip of the switch. The revolutionary
LightSwitch technology automatically delivers telescope location, time,
date, orientation and alignment with the sky — all with a single touch. And
thanks to Meade’s exclusive Advanced Coma-Free™ optics, you see it all in
stunning Ritchey-Chrétien-like clarity. And with the Astronomer Inside™
comprehensive multi-media content, you experience the universe in a way you
never have before.
In short, the ETX-LS incorporates everything you’ve come to expect from
Meade, the undisputed leader in innovation and quality.
Just look at all these radically new,
cutting–edge features:
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.
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
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
Special Offer 7 Days Only! - £1,250.00
All major credit cards accepted - please phone our hotline Tel: 01588 620717
Evergreen Optics
The Cann Barn, Mellington, Church Stoke, Montgomery, SY15 6TQ
Tel: 01588 620717