Meade - LS - ACF 6" f/10 Telescope with LightSwitch Technology &
Built-in Imager
- The Meade 6" ETX-LS ACF Telescope features patented LightSwitch™
Technology for complete, stress-free user alignment.
- Superb quality Advanced Coma-Free (ACF) Optics for a professional level
instrument at an affordable price.
- The Meade ETX-LS Astronomer-Inside™ provides a full audio/visual lesson
guide to enhance your experience.
- Engineered with a built-in Integrated Sensor Module (ISM) which includes
GPS and Level North Technology (LNT™) sensors.
- The Meade ETX-LS includes the built-in ECLIPS™ CCD Camera, able to
capture and display images right at the scope - or store for later use!
- The Meade ETX-LS will begin shipping in Spring, 2009. *Order now with zero
down for earliest delivery!
Right now this latest technological innovation is so hot, that even we don't
know everything about it... At least not until it is officially unveiled at
CES in Las Vegas, Nevada in January, 2009!
For a lot of telescope users, aligning the telescope is always a frustrating
experience - even when it is considered a "Go To". There's always
something you have to know... Be it the perfectly correct time, the date, your
latitude or longitude. How many new users have been stumped by not knowing the
names of the alignment stars? Or not being able to see an alignment star that
is blocked by a tree or a house? All of these little things can add up to beginning
an observing evening in an unpleasant way and that's not what enjoying astronomy
is all about. Now imagine yourself setting up a very portable telescope called
the Meade ETX-LS. Thanks to its new LightSwitch™ Technology, you simply
turn it on and let it do the work. Inside a built-in Integrated Sensor Module
(ISM) takes over the job and Global Positioning System (GPS) connects with overhead
satellites to automatically recognize your telescope's position on Earth. Once
this fix takes place, this means your telescope also understands the local time
- without even looking at a watch! As silent as a cat on wheels, the Level North
Technology (LNT™) sensors take over and the Meade ETX-LS seeks out two
alignment stars and automatically begins charting out a "real time"
night sky map in its memory banks for your own personal time and location.
But, the Meade 6" ETX-LS doesn't stop there...
It's a marvelous experience to look through a telescope at a distant object
- but nothing can match the experience of knowing things like how far, how fast,
how hot, how high, etc. Thanks to The Astronomer-Inside™, the Meade 6"
f/10 ETX-LS delivers like no other telescope on today's market can. Right at
the telescope the user has the capabilities of a complete audio/visual library
at their fingertips... just waiting to give you a full tour of the night sky.
Thanks to a built-in speaker and video-out jack, the whole family can share
in the fun! Just think of what a great outreach tool the Meade ETX-LS can be...
But don't stop there, either... the Meade ETX-LS has even more to offer.
Built on the foundation of Meade's superb Advanced Coma Free Optics in a size
capable of revealing all the Messier objects and such a huge portion of the
NGC catalog as to keep most observers happy for a lifetime, this telescope is
going to offer outstanding planetary and lunar views at a professional level.
What more could you ask? What's that you say? Eyes like a CCD camera? Then stop
dreaming and take a look at tomorrow's technology... the built-in ECLIPS™
CCD Camera. Now you can take vibrant, high-resolution, low-noise images of objects
right at the telescope and view them on the spot using the scope's video output
function. What's more, you can also store them on an SD card for later modifications
- or sharing! Just exactly what does that mean? Can you imagine sending Grandma
an email with a picture of comet you just viewed? Or how about an image of Saturn?
For those who really like challenges, a built-in CCD camera means you can push
the Meade ETX-LS beyond its visual limits by taking timed exposures of objects
far fainter than the human eye can see - and revealing them right at the telescope
before your eager eyes!
If this sounds like the telescope for you, then read on....
Meade ETX-LS LightSwitch Telescope Features...
- Single arm fork Altitude-Azimuth (Alt-Az) mount provides rigid structure
with large precision roller bearings on both axis designed to carry large
OTAs.
- Precision worm gear drives with 4.875” main gears in both axis for
smooth and accurate tracking and slewing.
- Long fork arm length to allow clearance with the base for most cameras.
- Runs on internal “C” cell batteries for 3-5 hours of portable
field operation with hand control holder built into base.
- Off-On LightSwitch and USB and other ports for accessory equipment.
- Heavy-duty stable tripod with quick attachment of the mount
- 6” ACF optical tube assembly (OTA) provides 6" clear aperture
with 1524mm focal length for an f/10 system.
- Advanced Coma-Free optical system for performance that only professionals
or extreme amateurs have had.
- Standard SC threaded back cell that accepts most existing accessories designed
for all Schmidt-Cassegrain models over the last 30 years.
- Integrated Sensor Module (ISM) with GPS and Level North Technologies (LNT).
- Electronically Controlled Locate Identify Position System (ECLIPS) CCD
imaging module.
- Multimedia output includes professionally produced audio and video content
for hundreds of objects and custom guided tours designed for your location,
time and date.
- Multimedia presentations feature the voices of Sandy Woods of “Star
Date” astronomy radio program and George Woods, Hollywood actor and the
voice on many productions.
- Built-in speaker in drive base and audio out jack for audio instructions
and object descriptions.
- Video out for video presentations and images of many objects, instant display
of images from the ECLIPS imager and easy on-screen menu navigation.
- AutoStar III hand controller easily control telescope for automatic location
of objects, tours and many other features including 100,000 object database.
- ECLIPS CCD Imager is an essential part of the LightSwitch alignment system.
- Sensitive wide-angle color 640x480 CCD imager for taking your own astrophotographs.
Save your photos on a SD card (user supplied).
- With a video monitor connected to the video out jack, see real-time images
of the objects you see in the eyepiece.
- New electronics provide full USB support for accessories like additional
DSI CCD cameras.
- SD card slot for easy software upgrades and storing your astrophotographs.
he Meade ETX-LS will begin shipping in February, 2009.
