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..  Meade ETX-LS ACF |
Meade ETX LS |
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£1300.00 |
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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 FOR
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.
BUILT-IN IMAGING EXCitement
The built-in ECLIPS CCD lets you capture 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
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.
(Further details via a PDF download-opens in new window)
ETX-LS SPECIFICATIONS
| OPTICAL SYSTEM | |
| Optical Design | Advanced Coma-Free (ACF) |
| 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 | Use Mini SD or Micro SD w/adapter |
| 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 Animations Plus Hundreds of Still Images |
Sherwoods Photo Ltd Orders & Information Telephone 01527-857500
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