Product Highlights
- 8" (203mm) Catadioptric OTA
- 2032mm 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 Guided Tours
- Astronomer Inside Multimedia System
- 26mm Eyepiece, 90° Diagonal
- 8x50 Finderscope with Crosshair Reticle
- Adjustable-Height Stainless Steel Tripod
The Meade 8" LX90-ACF Telescope
yields similar optical brilliance to the LX200 flagships, but in a
package providing better value for those primarily observing rather than
imaging. The quality, workmanship, design, and features will satisfy
novices and experienced professionals alike. This is the "ACF" version
of the 8" LX90, which stands for "Advanced Coma-Free". Meade has
employed advancements beyond the traditional Schmidt-Cassegrain
catadioptrics for the LX90-ACF, gaining significant resolution increases
as you move away from the center of the field towards the edge.
The
8" LX90-ACF with UHTC multicoatings provides enough aperture for some
serious deep space viewing, but is a size that can be managed simply
enough by one person, even to a remote location. Meade's combined 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 8" LX90-ACF's
standard-equipment AudioStar 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 either a Meade Deep Sky Imager (which uses software to correct for field rotation) or their dedicated #07002-1 Wedge to turn it into an equatorial-type scope.
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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