- 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.
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