Meade ETX-105AT 4.1"/105mm Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope Kit (1470mm f/14.0) with Motorized Altazimuth Mount & Ultra-High Transmission Coatings

For more serious amateur observers, the ETX-105 may be all the telescope you'll ever require. It also makes a portable, diffraction-limited telescope for those who have more colossal setups that cannot be easily transported.

View literally thousands of celestial objects with the Meade ETX-105 telescope and Autostar controller. Star catalogs list innumerable double and multiple star systems, variable stars, open star clusters, globular clusters, diffuse nebulosities, planetary nebulae, and spiral galaxies within the grasp of the instrument. The Autostar computer controller locates these objects automatically in seconds.

Use the electronic controller at any of four dual-axis speeds: 8x sidereal for image centering in the main telescope at high power, 32x for image centering at lower powers or for pushbutton object-tracking in the altazimuth mode, slow mode for image centering in the viewfinder or for terrestrial tracking of nature and sightseeing, or medium speed for fast slewing across the sky. The observer can instantly select any of these speeds simply by depressing the "speed" button on the controller.

UHTC Ultra High Transmission Coatings are an important feature to optimize the performance of your Meade telescope. Technologies developed at the Meade Irvine coatings facility have optimized the visual and photographic performance of Meade telescopes. The UHTC coatings, upon all 4 optical surfaces, result in a 20% decrease in light loss and a dramatic enhancement in detail of deep space objects.

Key Features

• 26mm (56x) Super Plossl Eyepiece (1.25")

• 8x25 Right Angle Viewfinder

• #497 Autostar Computerized Hand Controller

• Internal 90° Flip Mirror Viewing System

• Motorized Altazimuth Mount

• Tripod

• 1-Year Warranty