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Meade LS 8in Lightswitch Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope
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Meade LS 8" SC (f/10) Lightswitch Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope with UHTC Coatings, Aperture: 203.2mm (8"), Focal Length: 2000mm

SKU: MDLS8SCU MFR: 0810-03-12
What's Included
What's Included With This Item:
  • Meade LS 8" SC (f/10) Lightswitch Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope
  • AutoStar III GOTO Computer Keypad
  • Meade ECLIPS CCD Camera
  • Series 4000 Meade 26mm Super Plossl Eyepiece (77x Magnification)
  • Adjustable Height Tripod with Steel Legs
  • Meade 1 Year Warranty
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About this item

Meade's revolutionary LS LightSwitch series of telescopes use advanced technologies like GPS, LNT and ECLIPS CCD imaging to do what no other consumer telescopes have done before: take all the hassle out of using a telescope. Simply flip the switch and the LS automatically aligns itself. Astronomer Inside then takes you on a guided multimedia tour of the best objects in your sky.

The 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 or Schmidt-Cassegrain optical systems provide the stargazer with the most sophisticated, yet easiest to use telescope ever.

What's Included With This Item

  • Meade LS 8" SC (f/10) Lightswitch Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope
  • AutoStar III GOTO Computer Keypad
  • Meade ECLIPS CCD Camera
  • Series 4000 Meade 26mm Super Plossl Eyepiece (77x Magnification)
  • Adjustable Height Tripod with Steel Legs
  • Meade 1 Year Warranty

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Key Features

  • LightSwitch Technology: The LS knows where it is in time and space even if you don't. Just flip the switch and be ready to explore the cosmos. Innovative technology is applied to make using the LS simple, easy and fun.
  • Astronomer Inside: Learn the secrets and details of the objects you observe while you are viewing them with both audio through the built-in speaker and video (if connected to a video monitor or TV). The Astronomer Inside will tell you about the planets, stars, etc and interesting way.

Technical Specs

Optical Design Schmidt-Cassegrain
Clear Aperture 8" (203.2mm)
Focal Length, Focal Ratio 2000mm, f/10
Ultra-High Transmission Coatings (UHTC) Included
Viewfinder Red dot
Telescope Mounting Aluminum, single arm alt-azimuth
GoTo Pointing Precision (approx.) 5-arc mins.
Pointing Precision, High Precision Mode 3-arc mins.
Slow-Motion Controls Electric, RA and Dec.
AutoStar III Hand Controller Toshiba microcontroller; 2 line x 16 alphanumeric character display; 20-button keypad, red LED backlit
Batteries (user-supplied) 8 x C-cells
Battery Life (approx. 3 to 5 hours
Onboard Celestial Object Database Over 100,000 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
Tube Body Aluminum
Mount Castings Aluminum
Primary, Secondary Mirrors Pyrex glass
Correcting Plate/Lens Schott clear water white glass
Optical Tube Dimensions 9" x 15.75" (diameter x length)
Telescope Weight 30 lbs.
Tripod Weight 9 lbs.
Field Tripod Height 25.5" to 43.5" variable
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