Meade LX90 8” ACF features:
GPS Receiver:
LX90 can do more than track satellites. It talks to them as well. Turn it on and the built-in Sony GPS sensor immediately determines your precise date, time and location. AutoAlign then uses this info to align your scope for a tour of the most spectacular sights in the universe.
Easy Align:
LX90’s are smart scopes that know the night sky right out of the box. Easy Align picks two alignment stars for you and places them right in your viewfinder. Just centre them to fine tune your alignment and the wonders of the universe are at your fingertips.
Oversized Primary Mirror:
Only Meade manufactures their primary mirrors in diameters larger than their listed aperture (e.g. the diameter of the 8" LX90's primary mirror is actually 8.25").This additional 1/4" yields a wider, fully illuminated field-of-view, and allows you to see the light other telescopes leave behind.
8 x 50 Viewfinder:
Quickly and easily locate and centre deep sky objects.
Slew Speed:
The LX90 slews (moves) from star to star at 7 degrees per second. That is more than twice as fast as the competition. This means that over the course of an evening, a Meade LX90 will show you two to three times more objects than lesser brands.
Rigid cast aluminium fork mount:
The Meade LX90's Optical Tube Assembly is mounted on two sturdy fork arms giving you a rock solid platform for astrophotography.
Smart Drive:
Meade's AutoStar provides Periodic Error Correction (in polar mode). Over the course of one or more training periods your LX90 will minimize guiding corrections during long exposure astrophotography.
AutoStar Hand Controller:
The industry standard. Used by more astronomers than any other system for everything from backyard observing and imaging to observatory research.
Specifications:
- Product Number: 0810-90-03
- Clear Aperture: 203.2mm (8”)
- Optical Design: Advanced Coma-Free
- Focal length: 2000mm
- Focal Ratio: f/10
- Telescope Mounting: Rigid Cast-Aluminum Fork Mount, double-tine
- Optical Coatings: Ultra-High transmission Coatings
- Resolving power (Dawes Limit): 0.570 arc seconds
- AutoStar Controller: AutoStar
- Object database: 30,000 Objects
- Viewfinder: 8x50 with Cross-Hair Reticule
- Eyepiece: 26mm Series 4000 Super Plossl
- Diagonal: 1.25” Diagonal Prism
- Pointing Precision: 3-arc min.
- Go-To Pointing Precision: 5-arc min.
- Periodic Error Correction: Polar Mode Only
- Slow Motion Controls: Electronic
- Slew Speeds: RA and Dec:1x, 2x, 8x, 16x, 64x, 128x sidereal and 1.5°/sec., 3°/sec., 6.5°/sec.
- Tracking Rates: Sidereal, Lunar, or Custom-Selected from 2000 Incremental rates
- Tripod: Standard field Tripod
- Batteries: 8x C Cells
- Battery Life: 60Hrs
- Power: 12V DC, 5 amp power supply (optional)
- Additional Features:
- GPS Receiver: yes
- Smart Drive: Yes
- Oversized Primary Mirror: Yes
- AutoStar Planetarium Software: Included
- Materials:
- Primary/Secondary mirror: Low Expansion Borosilicate Glass
- Correcting Plate/Lens: Schott Water-White Glass
- Optical tube: Aluminum
- Mount: Aluminum
- Weights and dimensions:
- OTA Dimensions: 225x225x425mm
- Tripod Weight: 8.6Kg
- Tripod Dimensions: 750x1100mm Variable
- Telescope Weight, (Not including Tripod): 14.9Kg