Meade LX 600 16 "Telescope

Meade LX 600 Telescope 16 "(406mm) aperture, 3251mm focal length and f / 8 focal ratio.
The Meade LX 600 series outperforms the previous LX 200 with superior optical and mechanical quality products than its predecessors. Have a professional astronomical observation tool at your fingertips to get images of planets and deep skies with detail and sharpness available to few.

Innovative optical treatment system that incorporates the highest quality in a Schmid-Cassegrain optical system on the market, with advanced Comma-free ACF optics on one side and ultra-high transmission coatings on the other hand . The comma-free optics allows the entire field of vision to be expanded without having aberrations and not to lose detail of any celestial body, it also reduces astigmatism and eliminates diffraction peaks. Top quality coatings allow you to get the maximum brightness and contrast from the image. The resolution power reaches up to 0.32 arc seconds.

It incorporates the StarLock permanent automatic guidance system, a revolutionary guidance technology for long exposures. This guidance system finds and guides the star with an accuracy of 1 arcsecond and also incorporates the LightSwitch automatic alignment system. StarLock allows you to acquire images on your guidance sensor and thus proceed with automatic guidance during long exposures. This guidance system and the CrayFord dual-speed (7: 1) internal focusing system are essential for the astrophotographic use of the telescope.
The AutoStar II controller with a library of 144,000 objects, the GPS receiver, the SmartDrive system for permanent correction of periodic errors, the alignment system Level North Technology and the Autostar Suite software complete the electronic and digital equipment of the Meade LX 600 16 ".
The frame is in double arm fork, removable and with a high load capacity. Field tripod with a high load capacity and very robust.
Characteristics:

• Diameter: 16 "(406mm)
  
• Optical Design: Advanced Coma-Free (ACF)
  
• Optical Treatment: UHTC ™
  
• Focal length: 3251mm
  
• Focal ratio: f / 8
  
• Resolving Power (Dawes Limit): 0.285 arcseconds
  
• Oversized primary mirror: Yes
  
• Focusing Mechanism: Internal Crayford type, zero shifting, double speed with 7: 1 reduction
  
• Finder: 8x50mm with cross reticle
  
• Eyepiece: Super Plössl 26mm Series 4000 ™
  
• Diagonal: dielectric zenith 2 "5000 Series
  
• Frame Type: fork with high load capacity; double arm and detachable
  
• Control knob: AutoStar® II
  
• Database: 145,000 objects
  
• Aiming Accuracy (High-Precision Mode): 1 arcminute (+/-)
  
• Periodic Error Correction: Both Axes
  
• Permanent Periodic Error Correction (PPEC): Yes
  
• StarLock ™: Yes
  
• Typical guidance performance with StarLock: <1 arcsecond
  
• Slow Motion Controls: Mechanical & Electronic
  
• Speeds: RA and Dec: 0.01x to 1.0x sidereal, variable in increments of 0.01x increments; 2x, 8x, 16x, 64x, 128x sidereal; 1 ° / sec. at 2 ° / sec., variable in 0.1 ° increments.
  
• Tracking Speeds: Sidereal, Lunar, or whatever you want with 2000 increment options
  
• Tripod: MAX TRIPOD
  
• Power: (Optional) 12v DC, 5 amp Meade Universal Power Supply.
  
• Batteries (not included): 8 x type C
  
• GPS receiver: Yes
  
• Hour Chip: Yes
  
• Electronic Focuser: Optional; not included
  
• Smart Mount ™: Yes
  
• Smart Drive ™: Yes
  
• Anti-Vibration Mounts: Included.Integrated on the tripod
  
• Equatorial wedge: Optional; not included