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Meade 8" (203mm) f/10 LX200-ACF Advanced Coma-Free Telescope with UHTC Coatings, 600x Visual Power
Mfr. Part: 0810-60-03 SKU: MDLX200ACF8
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Item Includes
Heavy duty height adjustable Meade Field Tripod, 1.25" diagonal prism, Series 4000 26mm Pl"ssl eyepiece, 8x50 viewfinder with quick release bracket and Meade AutoStar Suite Astronomer Edition Software for PC.
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Description
The Meade 8" (203mm) 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. |
Features
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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 |
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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 |
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Zero Image-Shift Microfocuser allows you to obtain precise image focus with no image movement |
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Oversize Primary Mirror diameters are greater than their listed aperture. This additional 1/4" yields a wide, fully illuminated field-of-view |
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Primary Mirror Lock locks the mirror in place preventing movement during long-exposure astrophotography |
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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 |
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SonyGPS Receiver Sensor automatically inputs precise time, date and geographical location to help quickly and precisely align the telescope |
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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 |
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AutoStar II controller features "Hot Keys" for quick access to a 145,000 celestial object database |
Specifications
| Optical Design | Advanced Coma Free |
| Clear Aperture | 203mm (8") |
| Focal Length Focal Ratio | 2000mm f/10(8") |
| Maximum Practical Visual Power | 600X (8") |
| 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 | 30" to 44" variable |
| Telescope Weight | 73 lbs |
| Warranty | Meade 1 year limited warranty |
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