Meade ETX-80 Telescope Packages STARTER PACKAGE includes
The Meade ETX-80 STARTER PACKAGE is a great way to start into the ETX-80 Telescope. The Hard Case will protect your telescope and its optics for moving your telescope to dark sky locations and storage. The Eyepiece and Barlow Lens Kit adds substantial magnification changes to the telescopes included eyepieces. The 17.5mm Eyepiece rounds out the options of magnification leaving your ETX-80 Telescope ready for viewing all objects. LAND VIEWING PACKAGE includes The Meade ETX-80 LAND VIEWING PACKAGE is for the user who wants both astronomical viewing and land based viewing. Great for owners who have a great landscape view. This package includes the ETX-80 Telescope, Hard Case and the necessary Meade #933 Erect Image Prism for to allow the telescope to view images correctly for terrestrial viewing. SOLAR VIEWING PACKAGE includes The ETX-80 SOLAR VIEWING PACKAGE is for the user who wants to add daytime hours to your ETX-80. The Package includes the ETX-80 Telescope, Hard Case and an AstroZap Solar filter for the ETX-80 Telescope. Viewing the sun is only allowed with an appropriate solar filter. View sun spots and solar flares and bring your ETX-80 to a 24 hour use telescope! ULTIMATE PACKAGE includes The ETX-80 ULTIMATE PACKAGE includes our most popular accessories for the ETX-80 Telescope. A hard-case for ultimate protection and storage is included. The Meade #933 Erecting Prism allows for terristrial viewing during the day. You also receive the #546 AC adapter for powering the telescope without batteries. The #64 ST T-Adapter allows you to connect your telescope to a SLR camera. NOTE: You will also need an appropriate T-Adapter to replace your Cameras lens. This T-Adapter is camera specific and available for sale separately. You also receieve the Zhumell Lunar and Planetary Filter Set, great for getting maximum detail from the Moon and Planets. The Meade #506 Software and Cable Connect Kit is included and will allow you to connect your ETX-80 Telescope to your PC and control its movement with its included planetarium software. Meade ETX-80 Product Information Meade's new, larger 80mm-diameter ETX Telescope delivers more light gathering for increased image brightness and greater detail. Moon craters by the hundreds, cloud belts on Jupiter, and Saturn’s rings are just the beginning of what can be seen with this telescope. Meade's brainy 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 firmament. Right out of the box with a simple initialization, AutoStar makes finding the sky’s elusive jewels virtually as easy as pushing a few buttons. Observe land or over 1,400 sky objects in stunning high resolution, and learn about the sky with Meade's extensive astro-library.
The Meade ETX-80AT-TC has these new advanced features as standard equipment:
A built-in Barlow Lens flips into position when needed. This highly desirable feature provides more power when studying lunar and planetary surface features.An internal Time Chip (TC) keeps precise factory-calibrated time and date. A bubble-level/compass is provided to make initialization faster and easier.Includes sturdy, adjustable, aluminum tripod.Now includes two premium four-element 1.25-inch Super Plössl eyepieces (SP9.7mm, SP26mm) offering comfortable long eye-relief and an expansive wide visual field.Bonus! AutoStar Suite Astronomer Software on DVD for PC, now with instructional DVD.The AutoStar computer controller automatically guides your telescope to over 1,400 objects. View planets, stars, galaxies, and nebulae all at the push of a button. Don’t know what to see on a particular night? Don’t worry. Just select the Tonight’s Best tour and AutoStar will automatically take you on a guided tour of the best planets, stars, nebulae, and other objects out that particular night. Want to know more about what you’re looking at? The LCD display teaches you about what you’re viewing with details like distance, temperature, mass, and historical information. AutoStar is your guide to the universe.
More Power Than You’ll Ever Need. Any astronomer will tell you that light gathering - not power - is what matters. A small, crisp image is better than a large hazy one. Meade’s 1.25-inch-diameter Super Plössl eyepieces provide wider fields of view, allowing you to see more of the sky at greater magnifications. The Meade ETX80 also makes a fantastic land-based observing scope.
AutoStar Suite Astronomer Edition Software on DVD + Instructional Video AutoStar Suite Astronomer Edition software will help you learn the night sky. It displays more than 10,000 celestial objects including planets, stars, galaxies, and nebulae. You can print out star charts and even plan your observing sessions. It operates on any Windows-based PC.
