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Meade 14" (356mm) f/10 LX200-ACF Advanced Coma-Free Telescope w/UHTC Coatings
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Meade 14" (356mm) f/10 LX200-ACF Advanced Coma-Free Telescope with UHTC Coatings, 850x Visual Power

SKU: MDLX200ACF14 MFR: 1410-60-03
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The Meade 14" (356mm) f/10 LX200-ACF Advanced Coma-Free Telescope includes all the field-proven features of the LX200 including GPS, Primary Mirror Lock, Oversized Primary Mirror, SmartDrive; Smart Mount, AutoStar II and more. It features a radical new Advanced Coma Free design by combining a hyperbolic secondary mirror with a corrector-lens-and-spherical-primary-mirror combination that performs as one hyperbolic element.

This ACF design produces a coma-free, flat field of view that rivals traditional RC telescopes at a fraction of the cost. The design even eliminates diffraction spikes and improves astigmatism, both of which are inherent in the traditional RC design.

Key Features

  • f/10 Advanced Coma-Free Optics: Building from a classic RC design, Meade has created a new design with the same coma-free pinpoint star images and flatter field also reduces the astigmatism and eliminates diffractions spikes found in classical RCs
  • Meade Ultra-High Transmission Coatings (UHTC) increases total light transmission and image brightness by nearly 20% over Meade's standard coatings. Objects such as stars, galaxies and nebulae will appear significantly brighter
  • Zero Image-Shift Microfocuser allows you to obtain precise image focus with no image movement
  • Oversize Primary Mirror diameters are greater than their listed aperture. This additional 1/4" yields a wide, fully illuminated field-of-view
  • Primary Mirror Lock locks the mirror in place preventing movement during long-exposure astrophotography
  • Smart Drive provides permanent periodic error correction (PPEC) on both axes by learning and averaging error over the course of one or more training periods, thereby minimizing guiding corrections during long-exposure photographs
  • SonyGPS Receiver Sensor automatically inputs precise time, date and geographical location to help quickly and precisely align the telescope
  • AutoAlign - Telescopes with Meade's new AutoAlign are smart scopes that know the night sky right out of the box. AutoAlign picks two alignment stars for you and places them right in your view-finder
  • AutoStar II controller features "Hot Keys" for quick access to a 145,000 celestial object database

Technical Specs

Optical Design Advanced Coma Free
Clear Aperture 356mm(14")
Focal Length Focal Ratio 3556mm f/10 (14")
Maximum Practical Visual Power 850X (14")
Telescope Mounting Heavy-duty fork type; double-tine
Primary Mirror Lock Included (progressive tension)
Eyepiece Series 4000 26mm Super Plossl
Viewfinder 8 x 50mm
GPS, True-level and North sensors Included (16-channel GPS receiver)
Pointing Precision, High Precision Mode 1-arc min.
Autostar II Hand Controller Included (147,541 object database)
Batteries (user-supplied) 8 x C-cells
Battery Life (approx.) 20 hrs
Slew Speed RA and Dec: 0.01x to 1.0x sidereal, variable in 0.01x increments; 2x, 8x, 16x, 64x, 128x sidereal; 1°/sec. to 8°/sec., variable in 0.1° increments
Tracking Rates Sidereal, lunar, or custom-selected from 2000 incremental rates
Primary, Secondary Mirrors Pyrex glass
Correcting Plate/Lens Water white glass
UHTC Included
Field Tripod Height 40" to 50" variable
Telescope Weight 166 lbs
Warranty Meade 1 year limited warranty
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