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Catadioptric telescope. Objective lens diameter: 152mm. Focal length: 1524mm

Catadioptric
Optical design
152
Aperture – the diameter of the light-collecting lens or mirror that the telescope uses to collect light
1524
Focal length – the distance from the primary lens or mirror to the point at which the light is focused
Availability

Product ID 71683
Brand Meade Instruments Corp.
Warranty 2 years
EAN 0643824208889
Package size (LxWxH) 49x76x52 cm
Shipping Weight 24.52 kg
Description

This award-winning 6" f/10 (1524mm focal length) powerhouse telescope is feature packed and portable. Meade's patented automatic self-alignment system aligns with just one touch of the power switch. Just flip the switch and walk away.

Meade's best ACF optics deliver performance only seen previously in systems costing thousands of dollars more. With its standard Ultra High Transmission Coatings (UHTC) the LS gives you the sharpest, brightest optical system for its size available at any price.

The included AutoStar III GoTo keypad computer has an over 100,000 object library and guided tour functions. Includes Meade ECLIPS color CCD camera (640x480 resolution) which lets you capture images of your favorite celestial wonders and display them in real time on an external (user supplied) monitor or store them on a (user supplied) SD card so you can do CCD imaging your very first night out.

The included Astronomer Inside feature delivers over 4 hours of fun and informational audio presentations which can be heard over the built in speaker, and 30 minutes of video presentations and animations plus hundreds of still images which can be watched over an external (user supplied) TV or monitor.

Eight (user supplied) C cell batteries will run the telescope for 3–5 hours. Includes a highly rigid single fork mount featuring aluminum construction with massive 4.875" precision worm-gears. Standard equipment also includes a sturdy, adjustable height tripod with steel legs for great stability and vibration damping and a Series 4000 Meade 26mm Super Plössl eyepiece (59X magnification).

Meade LightSwitch technology bringing the fun back to astronomy. This changes everything.

Features:

  • 6" advanced coma free optics – 1524mm focal length
  • Ultra-High Transmission Coatings (UHTC)
  • LightSwitch automatic self-alignment technology
  • AutoStar III GoTo system with Astronomer Inside and 100,000 object library
Specifications
Product ID 71683
Brand Meade Instruments Corp.
Warranty 2 years
EAN 0643824208889
Package size (LxWxH) 49x76x52 cm
Shipping Weight 24.52 kg
Optical design catadioptric
Optical scheme coma-free Schmidt–Cassegrain
Optics material Pyrex
Objective lens diameter (aperture), mm 152
Focal length, mm 1524
Magnification, x 34 — 350
Aperture ratio f/10
Resolution threshold, arcseconds 0.76
Limiting stellar magnitude 13.4
Focusing by moving the main mirror
Eyepieces SUPER Plössl 26mm Series 4000
Eyepiece barrel diameter, in 1.25
Finderscope red dot, upright
Tripod weight, kg 3.2
Mount alt-azimuth, fork, single arm
Built-in sensors GPS, horizon, magnetic declination
Slew rate 2x sidereal to 4 °/sec (8-speed)
Tracking rate daily
Speed selection automatic (guiding), manual (if position is corrected)
Automatic horizontal alignment
Automatic magnetic pole search
Reference stars
Input observation location
Input date and time
Ports USB
Guiding system alignment reference stars with the manual centering of the star in the field of view
Autoguider
Hand controller AutoStar III
Programmable options automatic search in the database, autoguiding (GoTo), night sky excursion mode with audio lecture
Data storage media mini-USB
Audio more than 4 hours of Star Date audio recordings
Video format 30 minutes of video recordings and animation
Objects database over 100,000 objects
Update via Internet for catalogues of artificial Earth satellites, asteroids, comets
Built-in astronomy camera
Power supply 8 C batteries, resource with AutoStar: about 3–5 hours
Optical tube weight, kg 12.7
Observed object planets of the Solar System and deep-sky objects
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