#Meade autostar telescope parts full#
#Meade autostar telescope parts portable#

The fork mountings of the ETX models include high torque, DC motors on the telescopeвЂ™s vertical and horizontal axis. The ETX 90, ETX 105, and ETX 125 are a Maksutov-Cassegrain, mirror-lens design.

#Meade autostar telescope parts portable#

They are more portable in larger apertures, and are extremely popular among advanced amateurs. Catadioptric (Mirror-Lens) telescopes employ a combination of mirrors and lenses to form the image. They generally yield the largest aperture-per-dollar. Reflecting telescopes use a concave mirror as the primary optical element. Refractors are easy to maintain, yield sharp images, and are relatively inexpensive in smaller apertures. Modern telescopes are typically one of three types, each with its own advantages: Refracting telescopes such as the ETX 70 use a large lens at the upper end of the optical tube to collect light.

In fact, the optics are so high in contrast, image brightness, and resolution that the ETX Models often out perform many telescopes of larger apertures. They produce optical performance and resolution that equals or exceeds any Maksutov optics of similar apertures ever manufactured at any price. Meade ETX telescopes are manufactured entirely at the Meade Irvine, CA facility. In addition to all this, a Meade ETX telescope can also be used to obtain high-resolution views of terrestrial objects, from reading a license plate more than a mile in the distance, to resolving the feather structure of a bird at 50 yards. Even the smallest Meade ETX telescope shows all the following objects clearly and sharply: the magnificent ring system of Saturn, as well as SaturnвЂ™s largest moon, Titan the distinctive cloud belt structure and four Galilean satellites of Jupiter the Moon-like phases of the planet Venus hundreds of craters, mountain ranges, and rilles on our own Moon and a multitude of deep-space objects, including diffuse and planetary nebulae, galaxies and star clusters.

#Meade autostar telescope parts full#

Meade ETX Astro Telescopes, in four apertures (sizes), bring the full range of celestial images to your eye with astonishing levels of clarity, resolution and definition. Now even beginning astronomers can locate and explore the planets, galaxies, and nebulae, as well as star clusters, asteroids, and comets all at the push of a button. Since they were introduced in 1996 they have revolutionized amateur astronomy. Once aligned, the Meade ETX telescopes allow you вЂњpush buttonвЂќ access to the heavens above. Imagine having the GPS system for the universe. Description Meade ETX Telescopes Let Your Tour of the Universe Begin!