Meade LX200-ACF 14" Advanced Coma-Free Telescope with UHTC - Meade 1410-60-02

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LX200-ACF The most widely used research telescope on earth now comes with the most advanced optical system in space. Meade's all new LX200-ACF brings Advanced Coma-Free optics within reach of aspiring astronomers everywhere. Now you can own a professional scope. The LX200-ACF includes all the field-proven features of the LX200 including GPS, Primary Mirror Lock, Zero Image-Shift Microfocuser, Oversized Primary Mirror, SmartDrive TM , Smart Mount TM , AutoStar II and more. Plus, the LX200ACF comes with observatory-class optics crafted in Irvine, California, and a Series 5000 26mm 5-Element Plossl eyepiece. The new LX200-ACF. It's the biggest news in astronomy since, well, the LX200. The "advanced" in Advanced Coma-Free. A traditional Advanced Coma-Free is a type of reflector that delivers a coma-free, flat field of view via hyperbolic primary and secondary mirrors. Because the mirrors in these telescopes have always been very expensive to make, few amateur astronomers could enjoy them. Fortunately, Meade engineers developed a radical new Advanced Coma-Free design by combining a hyperbolic secondary mirror with a corrector-lens-and-spherical-primary-mirror combination that performs as one hyperbolic element. This Advanced version of the traditional SCT design produces a coma-free, flat field of view that rivals professional telescopes at a fraction of the cost. The design even eliminates diffraction spikes and improves astigmatism. When reviewing Meade's LX400 Advanced Coma-Free, Sky and Telescope magazine said, " The difference between the off-axis images (compared to a Schmidt-Cassegrain) was dramatic to say the least." f/10 Advanced Coma-Free Optics: Building upon the classic SCT design Meade has created a design with coma free pinpoint star images and flatter field that discerning astrophotographers and most professional observatories have come to expect from classic SCT optics. Meade's Advanced Coma-Free system also reduces the astigmatism and elim
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  • Binding: Electronics
  • Brand: Meade
  • EAN: 0709942500554
  • Label: Meade
  • Manufacturer: Meade
  • Model: 1410-60-02
  • MPN: 1410-60-02
  • PackageQuantity: 1
  • ProductGroup: Photography
  • ProductTypeName: TELESCOPE
  • Publisher: Meade
  • Studio: Meade
  • UPC: 709942500554

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