The 12” LX200-ACF comes fully equipped with a heavy duty height adjustable Meade giant field tripod, 1.25” diagonal mirror, Series 4000 26mm Plössl eyepiece, 8x50 viewfinder with quick release bracket and Meade AutoStar Suite Astronomer Edition Software for PC. The 12-inch LX200-ACF comes fully equipped with a heavy duty height adjustable Meade Giant Field Tripod, 1.25-inch diagonal prism, Series 4000 26mm Plössl eyepiece, 8x50 viewfinder with quick release bracket and Meade AutoStar Suite Astronomer Edition Software for PC. The Meade X-wedge allows secure and stable mounting with exceptional vibration damping of larger Meade SC and ACF Telescopes.
The mount additionally has mechanical locks and slow motion manual controls in both axis if for some reason you found yourself without power. Meade X Wedge Equatorial Wedge For LX200 & LX600 Telescopes 07028 Designed for long exposure imaging and astrophotography with Meade LX200 and LX600 models, the Meade X-Wedge 07028 is a very heavy duty wedge. The mount and all electronics are internally powered by 8 (user supplied) C-cell batteries which will typically operate the telescope for around 20 hours. 01x to 1x sidereal in one one-hundredth increments. 1º per second increments, while fine slewing and photographic guiding speeds can be adjusted from. Fast slew speeds are from 1º to 8º per second, and can be user selected at. Turn the lock knob located just above the telescopes main focus knob and the progressive-tension primary lock completely cancels any residual image shift due to mirror movement during visual, photographic, or imaging applications.Īll LX200-ACF models feature the DC-servo driven super heavy duty double fork mount, the strongest and most rigid mount in its class. Mechanically loaded as well all LX200 models feature a primary mirror locking mechanism, which effectively prevents movement of the primary mirror during long exposure astrophotography or observing. The drive base of the telescope has multiple input and output ports including an RS-232 PC interface and jacks for a (user supplied) CCD Autoguider and illuminated reticle. The Autostar II is flash-updatable via free downloads at (optional cable required). Precise and quick star alignment is done near effortlessly with Meade’s level north technology alignment system incorporating a 16 channel GPS receiver. Features the advanced LX200 AutoStar II computer system with 145,000 object library, multiple guided tours, high precision pointing capability with sub arc-minute pointing accuracy, and Meade smartdrive with permanent periodic error correction. This 12” LX200-ACF has 12” diameter f/10 ACF optics (focal length 3048mm) and Ultra-High Transmission Coatings (UHTC) for maximum image brightness and contrast.