Meade Instruments LX80 - Manual (Page 52)

A wide assortment of professional Meade accessories
is available for the LX80 telescope models. The
premium quality of these accessories is well-suited
to the quality of the instrument itself. To fi nd out
more information about these and other exciting
Meade accessories visit Meade’s website at
www.meade.com.
Additional LX80 Counterweights: Designed to
precisely fi t the counterweight shaft. These 11-pound
weights are constructed from solid steel.
Meade Series 5000 Premium Eyepieces: deliver all
the amazing performance that the ACF, SC and APO
optical systems can provide with Fully-Multi Coated
optics, wide fi elds and razor sharp images all the way
to the edge:
• Ultra Wide Angle: Ultra Premium Series 5000
Eyepiece have an extremely large 82 degree Apparent
Field of View, 6 & 7 element Super Fully-Multi-Coated
lenses with blackened edges, rotating adjustable
eyecups. Focal lengths from 5.5mm 1.25” to huge-
fi eld-of-view 30mm 2”.
• Xtreme Wide Angle: Xtreme Wide Angle Series
5000 Eyepieces use 9 optical elements to achieve a
high contrast image with razor sharp correction all the
way to the edge of the huge 100 degree Apparent Field
of View. The lenses are Super Fully Multi-Coated with
blackened edges in 2” diameter format. Three focal
lengths, 9mm, 14mm and 20mm are all parfocal.
• HD-60: The All New Series 5000 HD-60 Eyepieces
have a large 60 degree Apparent Field of View that
is fl at and sharp to the edge, 17mm or more of eye
relief for easy comfortable observing, Super Fully-
Multi-Coated lenses with blackened edges, rotating
adjustable eyecups. Focal lengths from 4.5mm
to 25mm.
Series 5000 Auxiliary Equipment Mounting System
(Designed for Meade’s SC and ACF Optical System):
All plates, rings and bases are precision milled from
6061-T6 Aircraft Grade aluminum, all joining surfaces
are either precision chamfered or fi lleted to eliminate
sharp corners and edges. Aluminum components are
then carefully anodized black, and include stainless
steel mounting hardware. Rings use three-point
mounting with machined adjustment screws and
include white colored Delrin® tips to prevent damage
to scope fi nish. Bases for rings and counterweights
include large lock knobs for easy adjustment.
#62 T-Adapter: The T-Adapter is the basic means of
prime-focus photography through all Meade Schmidt-
Cassegrain and Advanced Coma-Free models. Thread
the T-Adapter on to the rear cell of your telescope,
followed by a T-Mount for your 35mm camera, and the
camera body is rigidly coupled to the telescope.
#777 Off-Axis Guider: The Off-Axis Guider provides a
means during long-exposure astrophotography for the
photographer to monitor the tracking of the telescope to
assure that the telescope remains precisely positioned
on the object being photographed. Like the T-Adapter,
the Off-Axis Guider couples the camera body to the
telescope but it also causes a small amount of the
guidestar’s incoming light to be diverted at a right angle,
Optional Accessories
Series 5000 HD-60
Series 5000 Ultra Wide Angle
AudioStar #497 HANDBO
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Optional Accessories
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