The Meade 6 inch (152mm) f/10 ETX-LS LightSwitch Telescope features the most advanced electronics and optics ever applied to a consumer telescope. It combines LightSwitch Technology, Advanced Coma Free Optics (ACF), Astronomer Inside multimedia output and a completely new mechanical design. The LightSwitch Technology alignment system is for completely hands free alignment.
- Using the Integrated Sensor Module and the built-in ECLIPS CCD imager on the telescope tube, the LightSwitch Technology allows the telescope to completely align itself with the sky without any input from the user.
- 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.
- 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.
Features:
- Optical Design: Advanced Coma-Free (ACF)
- Primary Mirror Material: Pyrex Glass
- Focal Length, Focal Ratio: 1524mm, f/10
- Optical Coatings: Ultra-High Transmission Coatings
- Resolving Power (arc seconds): 0.76
- Limiting Visual Stellar Magnitude: 14
- 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
- Controller: Hand Box AutoStar III
- Processor: 400 Megahertz Blackfin
- Memory: 256 Megabytes of NAND Flash
- Storage: Micro SD Card (user supplied)
- 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
