Meade ETX-80 AT-TC Telescope

The Meade ETX-80 AT-TC Telescope delivers more light-gathering for increased image brightness and greater detail. Moon craters by teh hundreds, cloud belts on Jupiter, and Saturn's rings are juste the beginning of what can be seen with this telescope. Meade's AutoStar computer solves the stargazer's  two biggest challenges in navigating the heavens with a computer telescope: aligning the telescope with the night sky and finding celestial phenomenon in the vast starry fimament. Right out of the box with a simple initialization, AutoStar makes finding the sky's elusive jewels virtually was easy as pushing a few buttons. Observe land or over 1400 sky objects in stunning high resolution, and learn about the sky with Meade's extensive astro-library.
 
Features
- Type: Reflector telescope
- Application range: Terrestrial observation, Moon, Planets
- Level: Beginner, Intermediate
- Warranty: 2 years
- Built-in Barlow lens flips into position when needed (provides more power when studying lunar and planetary surface features)
- Time Chip (keeps precise factory calibrated time and date)
- Bubble-level/ Compass
 
Specifications
- Optical System: Achromatic Reflector
- Objective lens diameter: 80 mm
- Highest practical power: 160x
- Focal length: 400 mm
- Aperture ratio: f/9
- Mounting: Altazimuth, Single-Tine
- Eyepiece diameter: 31.7 mm (1.25"), 50 mm (2")
 
Included Accessories
- Two premium 4-element 1.25" Super Plössl eyepieces (SP9.7 mm, SP26 mm) offering comfortable long eye relief and an expansive wide visual field
- AutoStar Suite Astronomer Software, with instructional DVD