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Meade 12 Inch LX90-ACF f/10 Advanced Coma-Free Telescope Kit w/UHTC
Meade 12 Inch LX90-ACF f/10 Advanced Coma-Free Telescope w/UHTC

Meade 12 Inch LX90-ACF f/10 Advanced Coma-Free Telescope Kit w/UHTC

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Your Price: CAD6,499.00
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Part Number:1210-90-03

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Product Highlights

  • 12" (305mm) Catadioptric OTA
  • 3048mm Focal Length, f/10 Focal Ratio
  • Advanced Coma Free/UHTC Optical Systems
  • Motorized Dual-Tine Alt-Az Fork Mount
  • AudioStar GoTo Computer Hand Controller
  • 30,000+ Object Database with Tours
  • Astronomer Inside Multimedia System
  • 26mm Eyepiece, 90° Diagonal
  • 8x50 Finderscope with Crosshair Reticle
  • Adjustable-Height Stainless Steel Tripod

The Meade 12" LX90-ACF Telescope yields the same optical brilliance as the LX200-ACF flagship, but in a package providing a better value for those primarily observing rather than imaging.  The quality, workmanship, design, and features will satisfy novices and experienced professionals alike.

The 12" LX90-ACF with UHTC multicoatings is a serious deep space aperture instrument, and is also a very big scope with a huge chunk of glass at the front.  While a single strong person could likely set it up (the heaviest portion is the bulky 60 lbs optical tube/fork mount chunk), this is a task best handled by a pair of people.  But if you're used to the performance of 8" Schmidt-Cassegrains, the 12" LX90-ACF will astound you in all optical parameters.  Go after the faint fuzzies and see what you can see.  To truly appreciate the 12" aperture, though, you'll need seriously dark skies above.

Meade combines high quality optics, stable double fork mounting, computerized control, and streamlined appearance in a single unit.  The list of technology within is long and exhaustive:  a rigid mount with beefy tripod, an oversized primary mirror, truly diffraction-limited optics, and the very finest of simple and accurate GPS-enabled alignment.

The 12" LX90-ACF's standard-equipment AutoStar computer controller connects to the telescope's control panel and permits viewing and tracking of 30,223 database objects.  That's 50 objects in the solar system, 8 major planets from Mercury to Pluto, the Moon, 26 asteroids & 15 comets.  An apparent endless supply of galaxies, diffuse nebulae, planetary nebulae and star clusters are present, including the complete Messier, Caldwell, IC, and NGC catalogs.  You'll also enjoy looking at 50 satellites, including the International Space Station and the Hubble telescope.

You can do some light-duty lunar/planetary imaging (of up to ~5 minute exposures) with the LX90 through the eyepiece using a digiscoping adapter or with an SLR via the SLR adapter and your camera system's specific T-mount.  For deep space images of exposures much longer than a few minutes, you'll need a Meade Deep Sky Imager; 10" and 12" LX90 should be used with the equatorial Ultrawedge (optional) for streak-free long exposures with an SLR camera (the Deep Sky Imager's software corrects for field rotation).

Power for the LX90-ACF is supplied by 8 "C" batteries, but via optional accessories you can also adapt to an AC wall unit or a vehicle's cigarette lighter (which can operate in the field off of a Celestron Power Tank).  Everything needed to begin observing immediately is included except for the power supply.

Advanced f/10.0 Optics
Advanced catadioptric optics perfect for demanding research and enthusiast imaging; renderings of stars remain tight circles from center to edge of field.

Sony® GPS Sensor
The LX90 features a Sony GPS receiver sensor, which automatically inputs ultra-exact time, date & location values to help quickly align the telescope with remarkable (~1 arc minute) precision.

AutoAlign™
After you level the scope and point it roughly north, AutoAlign™ picks two alignment stars for you and places them right in your viewfinder-just center them to fine tune alignment and the universe is at your fingertips!

Inspected Exclusively in Irvine, California
The hand matched diffraction-limited optical system is individually inspected at Meade's Irvine, California facilities after production.

Oversized Primary Mirror
The primary mirror's diameter is larger than the listed aperture, yielding a wider & fully-illuminated viewing field.

UHTC Ultra-High Transmission Coatings
UHTC Ultra High Transmission Coatings (employed upon all optical surfaces) yield a 20% decrease in light loss and dramatically-enhanced detail of deep space objects.

Imaging Ready
Make ~5-minute lunar/planetary exposures in the LX90's standard mode (with a digiscoping adapter or SLR camera adapter), or longer exposure deep space images by adding a Meade Deep Sky Imager.

3 Power Options
Use 8 "C" batteries right out of the box, or instead adapt to AC power with the #07584 AC Adapter or to a vehicle's cigarette lighter port (or a Celestron Power Tank's port) with the #07043 DC Power Cord with Cigarette Lighter Adapter.

Specifications
Optical Design Hybrid catadioptric
Optical Lens Diameter 12.0" (305mm)
Focal Length 3048mm
Focal Ratio f/10.0
Maximum Useful Magnification 600x
Resolving Power 0.38
Optical Tube Dimensions 13.6 x 25.0" (34.5 x 63.5cm) WxL
Mount Type Altazimuth
Eyepiece Barrel Diameter 2"-18 (1.25" reducing adapter included)
Finderscope 8x50 Straight
Tripod Standard field tripod w/ 2" segments (30-44"/76-112cm)
Motor Yes
GO-TO Capability Yes
PC Compatible Yes
Power Source 8 1.5-volt "C" batteries
Optional #547 AC adapter
Optional #607 Cigarette plug adapter
Weight 90.0 lbs (40.86kg)

Package Weight 80.6 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH) 38.0 x 27.0 x 22.0"

In the Box
Meade LX90-12ACF 12" f/10 Catadioptric GoTo Telescope
  • Series 4000 26mm Super Plossl Eyepiece (1.25")
  • Standard Field Tripod
  • AudioStar GoTo Hand Controller
  • #828 8x50 Rear-Focus Viewfinder (Blue)
  • 1.25" 90° Star Diagonal
  • Motorized Altazimuth Mount
  • Set - Hex Wrenches
  • Bubble Level / Compass Eyepiece Insert
  • Limited One-Year Warranty

  • Based on Astronomy magazine’s telescope "report cards", scopes of this size and type generally perform as follows . . .
    Terrestrial Observation:No
    Lunar Observation:Very Good
    Planetary Observation:Very Good
    Binary and Star Cluster Observation:Very Good
    Galaxy and Nebula Observation:Very Good
    Photography:Yes
    Terrestrial Photography:No
    Lunar Photography:Yes
    Planetary Photography:Yes
    Star Cluster / Nebula / Galaxy Photography:Yes



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